Yet there is nothing more dangerous than to be premature in exploiting a change in perception.

Effective organizations put people in jobs in which they can do the most good. They place people -- and allow people to place themselves -- according to their strengths.

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'

Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.

We have tried to substitute mass for purpose. We have tried to regain military potency of defense by making it gigantic, unwieldy, complex. It never works.

One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.