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“To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.” FirstsQualityCompanyAcceptingSuccessfulModernProductsStructureWorkersProfitProductivityThriveCustomsQuality Of LifePremisesOrganizationalModern TimesAccepting ChangeSuccessful CompanyOrganizational Structure Author:Ricardo Semler
“Remember that the wit, humour, and jokes of most mixed companies are local. They thrive in that particular soil, but will not often bear transplanting.” HumorFunnyRememberCompanyHumourParticularBearsJokesWitLocalsSoilThrive Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“Preserve the core, and let the rest flux. In their wonderful bestseller Built to Last, authors James Collins and Jerry Porras make a convincing argument that long-lived companies are able to thrive 50 years or more by retaining a very small heart of unchanging values, and then stimulating progress in everything else. At times "everything" includes changing the business the company operates in, migrating, say, from mining to insurance. Outside the core of values, nothing should be exempt from flux. Nothing.” ShouldYearsHeartLongAbleLastsValuesBusinessCompanyProgressWonderfulBuiltArgumentCorePreservesThriveConvincingJerryMiningFluxUnchangingRetaining Author:Kevin Kelly