Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.

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

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees

To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.

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

If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.

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.