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“Notable Quotes”

"If we know where we are and something about how we got "Most of us fear change. Even when our minds say change
there, we might see where we are trending—and if the out- is normal, our stomachs quiver at the prospect. But for
comes which lie naturally in our course are unacceptable, strategists and managers today, there is no choice but
to make timely change." to change."
—Abraham Lincoln —Robert Waterman Jr.
"Without a strategy, an organization is like a ship without "If a man takes no thought about what is distant,
a rudder, going around in circles. It’s like a tramp; it has he will find sorrow near at hand. He who will not worry
no place to go." about what is far off will soon find something worse
—Joel Ross and Michael Kami than worry."
—Confucius
"Plans are less important than planning."
—Dale McConkey
"The formulation of strategy can develop competitive
advantage only to the extent that the process can give
meaning to workers in the trenches."
—David Hurst