Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

The young knowledge worker whose job is too small to challenge and test his abilities either leaves or declines rapidly into premature middle age, soured, cynical, unproductive.

Decision making is the specific executive task.

As with every phenomenon of the objective universe, the first step toward understanding work is to analyze it.

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.