Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don't know what they are talking about.

Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing problems that interact with each other. I call such situations messes. Problems are extracted from messes by analysis. Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes.

Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don't know what they are talking about.

A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scientist can comprehend, the greater are his chances of finding a truly adequate solution.

A bureaucrat is one who has the power to say "no" but none to say "yes."

Nothing is harder to topple than a fact that supports a deeply held prejudice denied by its holder.

The future is better dealt with using assumptions than forecasts.