“...how little our side of the industry did to move its business to the more ethical firms and to make a fuss about conflicted or unethical behavior. Had a number of us moved our business, we might have slowed or even stopped the 30-year slide in conflicted, unethical behavior that we have experienced. I, for one, regret the modest nature of our moves. We all could have done more. We have tolerated a pretty nasty decline in standards. Shame on us.” YearsLittlesDoneMightMovingSidesNumbersRegretIndustryBehaviorStandardsShameMovedFirmEthicalDeclineNastyModestSlidesUnethical Author:Jeremy Grantham
“Consumer sales depend on the habits and behaviors of consumers, and those who manipulate consumer markets cannot but address behavior and attitude. That is presumably the object of the multibillion-dollar global advertising industry. Tea drinkers are improbable prospects for Coke sales.” AttitudeObjectsDependsIndustryHabitBehaviorDollarsAdvertisingTeaConsumersAddressesConsumerismManipulateCokeProspectsOverconsumptionImprobableDrinkersBehavior And AttitudeAdvertising Industry Book:Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy Source: Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy
“The single biggest barrier to effective leadership is, in my view, the leadership industry itself. Instead of telling people the skills and behaviors they need to be effective in getting things done, we tell them almost the opposite - blandishments about how we wish people would be, and how we wish workplaces were. That information is worse than useless as, to the extent people believe it, they often wind up losing their jobs.” PeopleNeedsBelieveDoneWould BeJobsWishViewsInformationWindIndustrySkillsBehaviorLosingOppositesUselessBarriersWorkplaceThings DoneEffective LeadershipGetting Things Done Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“We have this revolution that's happening in our lifetime. The Information Revolution is changing absolutely every industry and every part of life and society and behavior.” InformationRevolutionIndustryBehaviorHappeningsLifetimeParts Of Life Author:Pete Cashmore
“I don't think individual media outlets will regulate. There are such things as self-regulatory organizations that will look at the members of the industry and their behavior and establish standards of behavior.” ThinkingLooksSelfIndividualMediaIndustryMembersBehaviorStandardsOrganizationOutlets Author:Ray Dalio