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Selection of inspiring quotes on management, digital and work, enriched with reflections to shed light on practices and stimulate critical thinking.

Only the mediocre have reached their maximum. (Jean Todt)

We like to believe that there is a peak, a moment when we can finally say, "That's it, I've made it". It's reassuring and comforting, but it's also often when things start to go downhill. Jean Todt sums it up in one sentence: "Only the mediocre have reached their maximum". What he means is that there is no maximum, only stages, that a victory or success is not an end point but an invitation to continue, sometimes in a different way. In sports as in business, the real question is not...

Only the mediocre have reached their maximum. (Jean Todt)

We like to believe that there is a peak, a moment when we can finally say, "That's it, I've made it". It's reassuring and comforting,...

Managing is not planning, organizing, or coordinating—which are all just words for controlling. It’s “calculated chaos and controlled disorder”. Henry Mintzberg

You've surely heard these common phrases in the life of a team or executive committee: "We need to plan better", "Let's get things in...

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Albert Einstein (or not)

Some quotes stand the test of time and even gain popularity during periods of massive technological change, when businesses are surprised that they are...

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. (James Clear)

By now, you have probably realized that I believe we cannot have a significant impact by focusing solely on individuals without addressing the problem...

Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet (Douglas Adams)

About the author Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction work that combines absurdity and satire to question our...

The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. (Arthur C. Clarke).

1°) Who is the author? Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is a British science fiction writer whom you are surely familiar with through one of his most famous...

Show me a completely smooth process and I’ll show you someone who’s covering mistakes, real boats rock. (Frank Herbert)

1°) Who is the author? Frank Herbert is an American science fiction writer, mainly known for Dune, a saga that combines politics, ecology, philosophy and power struggles. 2°)...

You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics (Robert Solow)

In 1987, Nobel Prize-winning American economist Robert Solow famously said: “ You can see the computer age everywhere, except in productivity statistics. This observation, known as...

Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work

"Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work". At first sight this quote from Peter Drucker is...
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