“I don't fret much about the natural life spans of shoe companies. If stores don't do the right things, they cease to exist, and that doesn't trouble me at all.” IfsNaturalCompanyTroubleShoesStoresCeaseRight ThingLife SpanNatural Life Author:Steve Madden
“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCareRunningPassionGrowsLosesBusinessCompanyVisionCreativeFiveMiddleProductsManagementDollarsBillionsThings To DoRight ThingLayersInherentEntityWho CaresCreative PeopleInsertMiddle Management Author:Steve Jobs
“The facts are in: diverse companies and teams consistently outperform all others. It's not only the smart thing and the right thing, it makes getting the job done much more interesting.” DoneFactsJobsInterestingCompanyTeamDiversitySmartRight ThingDiverseConsistently Author:Marilyn C. Nelson
“What they don't realize is that I'm not in the business to make clothes. I'm not in the business to make more money for myself, for Christ's sake. This is the reason Patagonia exists - to put into action the recommendations I read about in books to avoid environmental collapse. That's the reason I'm in business - to try to clean up our own act, and try to influence other companies to do the right thing, and try to influence our customers to do the right thing. So we're not going to change.” TryingBookReasonActionChristRealizingBusinessCompanyInfluenceClothesCleanEnvironmentalSakeCustomersRight ThingCollapseMore MoneyRecommendationsPatagonia Author:Yvon Chouinard
“We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.” HandsCompanyDependsReputationRight ThingExaggerationIbm Author:Buck Rodgers