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1. “When you see a problem or an opportunity, I want you to shift your thinking from “We need a solution for that” to “We need a system for that.” A solution is a one-time fix that requires you to keep reinventing the wheel and puts you in a reactionary place. A system is an ongoing activity that becomes duplicatable.”
Patrick Bet-David
Problem-solving, Systems, Strategy, Solutions, Efficiency
4. “The problem is that our corporate, government, and education cultures are configured for the 75 or 80 percent of people who are larks or third birds. Owls are like left-handers in a right-handed world – forced to use scissors and writing desks and catcher’s mitts designed for others. How they respond is the final piece of the puzzle in divining the rhythms of the day.” Daniel H. Pink Corporate Culture, Education Systems, Daily Rhythms, Culture, Systems, Diversity
6. “The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow you, as a business owner, to increase productivity and get the job done. The idea behind these systems, of course, is to quit needing your judgement or input in every area of the business.” Michael Gerber Business Systems, Productivity Tools, Operational Efficiency, Systems, Tools, Efficiency
8. “No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!” Michael Gerber Hiring Systems, Recruitment Standards, Employee Management, Systems, Standards, Management
11. “The only choice that leads small business owners to real success in their endeavors is the one that requires real thought. Understanding and building the systems they need within their company to afford them a framework of organization that can scale the business from a company of one to a company of one thousand.” Michael Gerber Business Systems, Organizational Framework, Scalable Business, Systems, Framework, Scalable
14. “Organize around business functions, not people. Build systems within each business function. Let systems run the business and people run the systems. People come and go but the systems remain constant.” Michael Gerber Business Functions, Systems Thinking, Organizational Structure, Functions, Systems, Structure
16. “Strategic Work is all about the big questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Tactical Work is all about answers: This is the system we use to do each task. This is how we do it, how we measure it, how we monitor it.” Michael Gerber Strategic Work, Big Questions, Tactical Systems, Work, Systems, Questions
17. “The question you need to keep asking yourself is: How can I give my customer the results he wants systematically rather than personally? Put another way: How can I create a business whose results are systems-dependent rather than people-dependent? Systems-dependent rather than expert-dependent.” Michael Gerber Customer Results, Systems Dependence, Business Success, Results, Systems, Expert
23. “The good-to-great companies built a consistent system with clear constraints, but they also gave people freedom and responsibility within the framework of that system. They hired self-disciplined people who didn’t need to be managed, and then managed the system, not the people.” Jim Collins Business, Leadership, Self-Discipline, Freedom, Systems
25. “Modern systems, Perrow argues, are made up of thousands of parts, all of which interrelate in ways that are impossible to anticipate. Given that complexity, he says, it is almost inevitable that some combinations of minor failures will eventually amount to something catastrophic.” Malcolm Gladwell Complexity, Systems, Unpredictability, Catastrophe, Interconnection
Systems Quotes by Famous Authors
1. “When you see a problem or an opportunity, I want you to shift your thinking from “We need a solution for that” to “We need a system for that.” A solution is a one-time fix that requires you to keep reinventing the wheel and puts you in a reactionary place. A system is an ongoing activity that becomes duplicatable.”
Patrick Bet-David Problem-solving, Systems, Strategy, Solutions, Efficiency
4. “The problem is that our corporate, government, and education cultures are configured for the 75 or 80 percent of people who are larks or third birds. Owls are like left-handers in a right-handed world – forced to use scissors and writing desks and catcher’s mitts designed for others. How they respond is the final piece of the puzzle in divining the rhythms of the day.”
Daniel H. Pink Corporate Culture, Education Systems, Daily Rhythms, Culture, Systems, Diversity
6. “The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow you, as a business owner, to increase productivity and get the job done. The idea behind these systems, of course, is to quit needing your judgement or input in every area of the business.”
Michael Gerber Business Systems, Productivity Tools, Operational Efficiency, Systems, Tools, Efficiency
8. “No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!”
Michael Gerber Hiring Systems, Recruitment Standards, Employee Management, Systems, Standards, Management
11. “The only choice that leads small business owners to real success in their endeavors is the one that requires real thought. Understanding and building the systems they need within their company to afford them a framework of organization that can scale the business from a company of one to a company of one thousand.”
Michael Gerber Business Systems, Organizational Framework, Scalable Business, Systems, Framework, Scalable
14. “Organize around business functions, not people. Build systems within each business function. Let systems run the business and people run the systems. People come and go but the systems remain constant.”
Michael Gerber Business Functions, Systems Thinking, Organizational Structure, Functions, Systems, Structure
16. “Strategic Work is all about the big questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Tactical Work is all about answers: This is the system we use to do each task. This is how we do it, how we measure it, how we monitor it.”
Michael Gerber Strategic Work, Big Questions, Tactical Systems, Work, Systems, Questions
17. “The question you need to keep asking yourself is: How can I give my customer the results he wants systematically rather than personally? Put another way: How can I create a business whose results are systems-dependent rather than people-dependent? Systems-dependent rather than expert-dependent.”
Michael Gerber Customer Results, Systems Dependence, Business Success, Results, Systems, Expert
23. “The good-to-great companies built a consistent system with clear constraints, but they also gave people freedom and responsibility within the framework of that system. They hired self-disciplined people who didn’t need to be managed, and then managed the system, not the people.”
Jim Collins Business, Leadership, Self-Discipline, Freedom, Systems
25. “Modern systems, Perrow argues, are made up of thousands of parts, all of which interrelate in ways that are impossible to anticipate. Given that complexity, he says, it is almost inevitable that some combinations of minor failures will eventually amount to something catastrophic.”
Malcolm Gladwell Complexity, Systems, Unpredictability, Catastrophe, Interconnection
