“The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.” FirstsFactsProblemLightChoicesClearMembersJudgmentOrganizationScientist Book:The Republic of Science, Its Political and Economic Theory: A Lecture Delivered at Roosevelt University, January 11, 1962 Source: The Republic of Science, Its Political and Economic Theory: A Lecture Delivered at Roosevelt University, January 11, 1962
“CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas.” WorldFirstsDangerousNewsAreasOrganizationTrainJournalistCnnDeploying Author:Jim C. Walton
“Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite. The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code counts as interest on that debt. Entire engineering organizations can be brought to a standstill under the debt load of an unconsolidated implementation, object-oriented or otherwise.” FirstsLittlesLongInterestMinutesDangerObjectsDevelopmentFirst TimeOrganizationPaidDebtSpeedCodeEngineeringLoadImplementationShippingStandstill Author:Ward Cunningham
“In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public. The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.” FirstsMayTwoReasonUsePastMediaConcernOrganizationIndependencePressesJournalistOperationsDamageInherentCommitteesCredibilityCiaMisleadExaminingPast And PresentFree PressCovert Author:Frank Church
“When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.” PeopleFeelsFirstsHappensMotivationalChoicesResultsLeaderSacrificeComfortSafeOrganizationSafetyThings HappenRemarkableTangible Author:Simon Sinek
“The first organization structure in the modern West was laid down in the canon law of the Catholic Church eight hundred years ago.” YearsFirstsLawChurchModernHundredYears AgoOrganizationCatholicStructureWestEightCatholic ChurchCanon Author:Peter Drucker