“It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.” MenLittlesCareIndividualAbilityCompanyMoralHabitIntellectualAppreciatePursuitSpheresCompanionshipWho Cares Book:SAT Words from Literature - the Scarlet Letter Source: SAT Words from Literature - the Scarlet Letter
“Since today's companies are totally dependent on a continuing human membership that produces a superior intellectual output in comparison to the competition, then there is inevitably a fight over the right to the bottom line.” HumansTodayFightingLinesCompanyProduceIntellectualCompetitionBottomSuperiorsDependentComparisonContinuingBottom LineMembershipOutput Author:Arie de Geus
“To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination.” NeedsSelfInterestDecisionCompanyPracticeJourneyHonestyExerciseDirectorsIntellectualPrejudiceConstantDestinationSelf InterestIntellectual Honesty Author:Mervyn King
“Engineers are not the only professional designers. Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. The intellectual activity that produces material artefacts is no different fundamentally from the one that prescribes remedies for a sick patient or the one that devises a new sales plan for a company or a social welfare policy for a state.” DifferentStatesActionCoursesSocialCompanySituationPlansPolicyDesignProduceMaterialsActivityIntellectualSickPatientWelfareDesignerEngineersRemedySocial WelfareArtefacts Author:Herbert Simon
“In companies whose wealth is intellectual capital, networks, rather than hierarchies, are the right organizational design.” WealthCompanyDesignIntellectualHierarchyOrganizationalIntellectual Capital Book:Intellectual Capital: The new wealth of organization Source: Intellectual Capital: The new wealth of organization