Management is a far more homely business than its would be scientists suggest, more closely allied to cookery than any other human activity. Like cooking, it rests on a degree of organisation and on adequate resources. But just as no two chefs run their kitchens the same way, so no two managements are the same.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Management is a far more homely business than its would be scientists suggest, more closely allied to cookery than any other human activity. Like cooking, it rests on a degree of organisation and on adequate resources. But just as no two chefs run their kitchens the same way, so no two managements are the same.

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

Successful innovation has consistently proved to be fluid and flexible, fast and furious - that is, passionate.

Management capability is always less than the organization actually needs.

In getting good results team leaders become conductor rather than driver, enabling others to play the right music, not by hands-on domination of all decisions and execution, but by providing inspiration, motivation and stimulus.