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“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.” – David Brin Quite often in the business world people grab hold of [...]

“The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.” – Peter Drucker I live in a part of the world with a relatively small population. No matter what the [...]

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford I’ve been reminded over the past couple of weeks how difficult change is. That’s not any kind of [...]

“Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch One of the key parts of being a successful leader [...]

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon Alder I was fortunate last week to spend some time working with a business [...]

“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford One of the things leaders talk about on a regular basis is quality. They may not use that exact word, but when [...]

“If the rate of change outside your business is greater than the rate of change inside your business, then you’re out of business.” – Anonymous I was fortunate to recently be involved in some [...]

“If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for ten years, plant trees. If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people.” – Chinese Proverb These days in business a fair amount [...]

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” – Chinese Proverb There are literally thousands of books and articles and videos and everything else out [...]

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien We spend a lot of time as organizations (hopefully) talking about the future. And, to most [...]