Re-Inventing the Corporation
A source page for quotes linked to John Naisbitt.
“The big-business mergers and the big-labour mergers have the appearance of dinosaurs mating.”
“Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life.”
“The bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest player.”
“It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions.”
“Think globally, act locally, think tribally, act universally.”
“In sales, as in medicine, a prescription before diagnosis is a mistake in the arts.”
“Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.”
“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”
“The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.”
“The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.”
“The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.”
“We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society.”
“Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up.”
“In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.”
“Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.”