“If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what customers want, i.e. they don't actually quite know they want it. That's what innovation's about. With Plan A, we didn't wait for the consumers to tell us.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsShouldWaitingHalfLeaderStepsPlansLateInnovationCustomersConsumersToo LateBusiness LeadersGood Business Author:Stuart Rose
“I have been urging the leaders to listen to the aspirations and challenges of their own people, and engage in dialogue and take very bold measures. Normally, to their regret, these measures and bold reforms come too late, too little.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensChallengesLeaderRegretLateDialogueReformAspirationToo Late Author:Ban Ki-moon
“It is only natural that people's wishes and aspirations should be realized by the leaders of the region. As this wind of change blows, it is up to the leaders to seize this opportunity to look for the better future for their own people through bold reforms before it is too late, before the people are forced to take action.” PeopleShouldLooksActionOpportunityWishNaturalLeaderWindLateBlowReformAspirationToo LateRegionsBetter FutureWinds Of Change Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American political leaders in the late 18th century been farsighted enough to find compromises that would have held the empire together.” ThinkingHas BeensCountryStatesEnoughTogetherPoliticalUnitedLeaderUnited StatesCenturyLateCompromiseEmpiresPolitical Leaders18th Century Author:Matthew Yglesias
“If you are training leaders, because you need them, you are too late.” IfsNeedsLeaderLateTrainingToo Late Author:John C. Maxwell