Forget socialism, capitalism, just-in-time deliveries, salary surveys, and the rest ... concentrate on building organizations that accomplish that most difficult of all challenges: to make people look forward to coming to work in the morning.

Large, centralized organizations foster alienation like stagnant ponds breed algae.

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company's, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee who puts himself first will be motivated to perform.

Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

There are companies which are prepared to change the way they work. They realize that nothing can be based on what used to be, that there is a better way. But, 99 percent of companies are not ready, [they are] caught in an industrial Jurassic Park.

If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information.