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“I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.”

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Lena Horne was an American singer, actress, and civil rights activist. Born on June 30, 1917, she was a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, known for her powerful voice and elegant stage presence. Horne's career spanned several decades, and she became one of the first African-American women to achieve major success in Hollywood. She was also a vocal advocate for civil rights and equality, using her platform to fight against racial discrimination. more

“Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.”

“Specifically, I would suggest that the effective organization is garrulous, clumsy, superstitious, hypocritical, monstrous, octopoid, wandering, and grouchy.”

Business Organization Wander Monstrous Superstitious Clumsy Hypocritical Grouchy

Author:Karl E. Weick

“Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints.”

People Management Objectives Managers Features Constructs Surroundings Constraints Variables Insert Demolish Orderliness

Author:Karl E. Weick

“Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary.”

Ifs Trying May Mean Problem Winning Situation Accepting Issues Perception Definitions Rejects Relative Naive Small Wins

Author:Karl E. Weick

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