PREDICTION OF

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
WOULD REQUIRE THE ABILITY
TO KNOW BOTH WHAT
CHANGES COULD BE EXPECTED
AND WHEN THEY WOULD
OCCUR.

Peter Drucker, Age of Discontinuity, 1969

 ENTREPRENEURISM MEANS BEING
INNOVATIVE AND RISK-TAKING
Harold Geneen, Managing, 1985

EVERY PRODUCT OFFERING HAS BECOME

EVER-CHANGING , HAS GONE ‘FASHION’
--- FASHION DEMANDS CONTINUOUS
INNOVATION

Tom Peters, Liberation Management, 1992

 A WORRISOME ATTITUDE HAS
TAKEN OVER YOUNG BUSINESSMEN:
‘I WANT A LOT AND I WANT IT NOW’
….. GET AWAY FROM THIS FAST-
BUCK MENTALITY AND START
THINKING ABOUT THE WELFARE OF
PEOPLE AROUND YOU, IN ORDER TO
PROSPER.

Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988

KNOWLEDGE IS THE MAIN COST,
MAIN INVESTMENT, AND MAIN
PRODUCT OF THE ADVANCED
ECONOMY;

KNOWLEDGE IS THE FOUNDATION

AND MEASUREMENT OF
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND
ECONOMIC POWER.

Peter Drucker, Age of Discontinuity, 1969

THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN IS TO
GO OUT THERE AND GET YOUR
HANDS DIRTY

Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988

THERE IS NO END TO LEARNING… DO
NOT BE ARROGANT BY ASSUMING
YOU KNOW IT ALL.

Jack Welch, Jack Welch and the GE Way, 1999

WISDOM IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE

POSSESSION OF (TOP) MANAGEMENT
Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986
 PUT THE BEST PEOPLE ON THE
BRIGHTEST OPPORTUNITIES AND THE
BEST ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN
THE RIGHT PLACES ….. AND THEN
GET OUT OF THE WAY.

Jack Welch, Jack Welch and the GE Way, 1999

 SONY PRINCIPLE: RESPECT AND
ENCOURAGE ONE’S ABILITY, BRING
OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, BELIEVE
IN THEIR ABILITIES, AND GIVE
THEM ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
DEVELOP

Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986

 YOU CAN BE TOTALLY RATIONAL
WITH A MACHINE; BUT IF YOU WORK
WITH PEOPLE, SOMETIMES LOGIC
HAS TO TAKE A BACKSEAT TO
UNDERSTANDING

Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986

 YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BOW DOWN TO
PRESSURE, OR YOU WILL BE TOO
PARALYZED TO ACT.

Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988

EMBRACE FAILURE TO DISCOVER SUCCESS

Tom Peters, Liberation Management, 1992
 RANK DOES NOT CONFER
PRIVILEGE NOR DOES IT GIVE
POWER --- RANK IMPOSES
RESPONSIBILITY

Alfred Sloan, General Motors