Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obv...
A source page for quotes linked to Margaret Heffernan.
“Being a critical thinker starts with resisting the urge to be a pleaser.”
“The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.”
“As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning”
“For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.”
“It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.”
“Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.”
“Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.”
“Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.”
“If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking.”
“In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.”
“Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.”
“Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.”
“Noise is a buffer, more effective than cubicles or booth walls.”
“A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers.”