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.
Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.
Making changes to better appeal to customer is INNOVATION.
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.
Teamwork is neither "good" nor "desirable." It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a team. Which team to use for what purpose is a crucial, difficult and risky decision that is even harder to unmake. Managements have yet to learn how to make it.