So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in front of our iPhones and communicating but are we really communicating?

Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?

Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition

Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.