“You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in this company who listened to the world tell them they were losers for a couple of years, and some of them were on the verge of starting to believe it themselves. But they're not losers. What they didn't have was a good set of coaches, a good plan. A good senior management team. But they have that now.” PeopleMenWorldYearsBelieveTwoShowsBusinessCompanyPlansTeamMissingCoupleManagementStartingCoachesTwo ThingsOne ManLoserSeniorVergeMissing ItSenior Management Author:Steve Jobs
“There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.” MomentsNextLevelsBusinessCompanyMissingPerformancesThat MomentDeclineMissing YouNext Level Author:Andy Grove
“I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity.” IfsShouldLooksUseCareOpportunityCompanyRecordsMissingIllusionConcernedInvestingTrackProjectionPrecisionVery DeepForecastsTrack RecordBright FutureMeticulous Author:Warren Buffett
“While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.” PeopleMotivationIndividualLevelsCompanyMissingAssumingRevengeRationalSuspectsUnderestimateIntuitive Author:Dan Ariely
“Let's face it: Most companies in most industries have a kind of tunnel vision. They chase the same opportunities that everyone else is chasing, they miss the same opportunities that everyone else is missing. It's the companies that see a different game that win big. The most important question for innovators today is: What do you see that the competition doesn't see?” KindImportantDifferentBigsTodayFacesOpportunityGamesWinningBusinessCompanyVisionMissingIndustryCompetitionChasingTunnelsInnovatorsImportant QuestionsTunnel VisionMissing It Author:Bill Taylor
“On rare occasions there comes along a profound original, an odd little book that appears out of nowhere, from the pen of some obscure storyteller, and once you have read it, you will never go completely back to where you were before. The kind of book you may hesitate to lend for fear you might miss its company. The kind of book that echoes from the heart of some ancient knowing, and whispers from time's forgotten cave that life may be more than it seems, and less.” HeartKindMayLittlesBookSeemsMightCompanyKnowingMissingOriginalsProfoundForgottenAncientOccasionsOddPensEchoesObscureStorytellerCavesRare Occasion Author:A. Curtiss
“Indeed one streak in our economy, we're missing the big oil companies. We're missing other big energy companies. We're missing the big picture, and I have a record of trying to go at the problems that actually exist, and I will continue to do that.” TryingProblemBigsEnergyCompanyEconomyRecordsMissingOilBig PictureStreaksOil CompaniesBig Oil Author:Hillary Clinton
“Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.” KnowsWellsMayHardReasonCompanyMissingHard WorkReason WhyNo ReasonUnfair Author:John D. Rockefeller
“I think that's actually what's missing from government, for the most part. We've got a lot of policy people, but we have no technologists, even though technology is such a big part of our lives. It's just amazing, because even these big Silicon Valley companies, the masters of the universe or whatever, haven't engaged with Washington until recently. They're still playing catch-up.” PeopleThinkingStillsBigsGovernmentUniverseCompanyTechnologyOur LivesMissingHavensPolicyMastersEngagedValleysSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Edward Snowden
“[John Adams] letters courting Abigail Smith are especially priceless. In one of 1764 he addresses her as "Miss Adorable" and says that "By the same Token that the Bearer hereof satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses, and as many Hours of your Company after 9 O'Clock as he shall please to Demand and charge them to my Account."” GivingLastsNightOrderHoursCompanyMissingPleaseDemandKissingLettersAccountsClockAddressesLast NightPricelessAdorableTokensAbigail Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially to be able to respond to unexpected events. Most organizations are missing this ability to connect all the data together.” RunningAbleTogetherAsksAbilityCompanyMissingEventsOughtOrganizationDataEnterpriseUnexpectedCeoConnectingUnexpected Events Author:Tim Berners-Lee
“You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.” IfsKnowsNeedsCompanyKnow HowMissingOilGasTanksOil Companies Author:Kid Rock