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Peter Drucker

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

-Peter Drucker

best

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

-Peter Drucker

business

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

-Peter Drucker

business

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

-Peter Drucker

business

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

-Peter Drucker

business

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

-Peter Drucker

business

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

-Peter Drucker

change

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

-Peter Drucker

change

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

-Peter Drucker

change

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

-Peter Drucker

communication

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

-Peter Drucker

computers

The computer is a moron.

-Peter Drucker

computers

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'

-Peter Drucker

computers

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

-Peter Drucker

education

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

-Peter Drucker

future

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

-Peter Drucker

future

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

-Peter Drucker

future

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

-Peter Drucker

good

Never mind your happiness do your duty.

-Peter Drucker

happiness

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

-Peter Drucker

knowledge

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

-Peter Drucker

knowledge

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

-Peter Drucker

knowledge

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

-Peter Drucker

knowledge

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

-Peter Drucker

leadership

Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.

-Peter Drucker

leadership

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

-Peter Drucker

leadership

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

-Peter Drucker

leadership

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

-Peter Drucker

leadership

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

-Peter Drucker

learning

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

-Peter Drucker

money

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

-Peter Drucker

power

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

-Peter Drucker

power

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.

-Peter Drucker

power

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

-Peter Drucker

strength

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.

-Peter Drucker

teacher

Peter Drucker

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

The computer is a moron.

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Never mind your happiness do your duty.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

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