The experience of the human race indicates strongly that the only person in abundant supply is the universal incompetent.
Peter Drucker
Experience, Human Nature, Incompetence, Leadership, Success, Problem-Solving
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“Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with knowledge and information technology with information.” Peter Drucker
Knowledge, Technology, Information, Organizations, Economy
Peter Drucker Knowledge, Technology, Information, Organizations, Economy“The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won’t survive.” Peter Drucker
Innovation, Organizations, Survival, Change, Strategy
Peter Drucker Innovation, Organizations, Survival, Change, Strategy“The critical factor of a problem is the element that has to be changed before anything else can be changed.” Peter Drucker
Problem Solving, Change, Leadership, Strategy, Success, Solution
Peter Drucker Problem Solving, Change, Leadership, Strategy, Success, Solution“The great challenge to management today is to make productive the tremendous new resource, the knowledge worker. This, rather than the productivity of the manual worker, is the key to economic growth and economic performance in today’s society.” Peter Drucker
Management, Knowledge Workers, Productivity, Growth, Economy, Leadership
Peter Drucker Management, Knowledge Workers, Productivity, Growth, Economy, Leadership“The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.” Peter Drucker
Self-Management, Leadership, Change, Revolution, Personal Development, Growth
Peter Drucker Self-Management, Leadership, Change, Revolution, Personal Development, Growth“And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today’s big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed and maimed more people, and congested the streets just as much.” Peter Drucker
Environment, Transportation, History, Society, Problem-solving
Peter Drucker Environment, Transportation, History, Society, Problem-solving“The corporation is the “master”, the employee is the “servant”. Because the corporation owns the means of production without which the employee could not make a living, the employee needs the corporation more than vice versa.” Peter Drucker
Business, Economy, Power, Employment, Leadership, Authority
Peter Drucker Business, Economy, Power, Employment, Leadership, Authority“There are only two things in a business that make money – innovation and marketing, everything else is cost.” Peter Drucker
Business, Innovation, Marketing, Profit, Strategy, Cost
Peter Drucker Business, Innovation, Marketing, Profit, Strategy, Cost“The only industries that function well are the industries that take responsibility for training. The Japanese, you know, assume that when you first come to work you know absolutely nothing. School isn’t preparation for work and never was.” Peter Drucker
Training, Education, Industries, Work, Development, Responsibility
Peter Drucker Training, Education, Industries, Work, Development, Responsibility“No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate.” Peter Drucker
Society, Leadership, Status, Function, Power, Social Responsibility
Peter Drucker Society, Leadership, Status, Function, Power, Social Responsibility“Do not measure your life by your goals but what you are doing to achieve them.” Peter Drucker
Life, Goals, Achievement, Success, Action, Purpose
Peter Drucker Life, Goals, Achievement, Success, Action, Purpose“Success always obsoletes the very behavior that achieved it.” Peter Drucker
Success, Change, Innovation, Business, Strategy, Adaptation
Peter Drucker Success, Change, Innovation, Business, Strategy, Adaptation“If leaders are unable to slough off yesterday, to abandon yesterday, they simply will not be able to create tomorrow.” Peter Drucker
Leadership, Change, Future, Success, Innovation, Strategy
Peter Drucker Leadership, Change, Future, Success, Innovation, Strategy“Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.” Peter Drucker
Strategy, Execution, Leadership, Business, Success, Art
Peter Drucker Strategy, Execution, Leadership, Business, Success, Art“A manager sets objectives – A manager organizes – A manager motivates and communicates – A manager, by establishing yardsticks, measures – A manager develops people.” Peter Drucker
Management, Leadership, Success, Organization, Motivation, Development
Peter Drucker Management, Leadership, Success, Organization, Motivation, Development“Information is the manager’s main tool, indeed the manager’s capital, and it is he who must decide what information he needs and how to use it.” Peter Drucker
Management, Information, Leadership, Decision-Making, Business, Tools
Peter Drucker Management, Information, Leadership, Decision-Making, Business, Tools“Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.” Peter Drucker
Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economy, Profit, Risk
Peter Drucker Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economy, Profit, Risk“The computer, being a mechanical moron, can handle only quantifiable data.” Peter Drucker
Technology, Computer, Data, Business, Management, Efficiency
Peter Drucker Technology, Computer, Data, Business, Management, Efficiency