Tag Archive: quotations

RBA on Reflexivity in Economic Systems

“It comes down to psychology. If everybody thinks there’s a crisis, then there will be a crisis. If people don’t think there will be a crisis, then there won’t be a crisis.” – Professor Warwick McKibben, Reserve Bank of Australia Board Member, “trying to snuff out financial panic” quoted in The Age Newspaper April 15th…

Anthony Robbins on Thinking Differently

“Only one thing creates an extraordinary life: an extraordinary mindset . . . an extraordinary psychology.” – Anthony Robbins – Author, Seminar Presenter, and Life Coach

Managing People Through Change

the Idea Sandbox had a nice quote on Change Management recently:

Quote – Ann Hermann-Nehdi on Mental Assets

“A wide range of organisations across different sectors are beginning to wake up to the fact that a big part of their asset is truly the mental asset residing within.” – Ann Hermann-Nehdi of Hermann International

Quote – Collis on Innovation

“Ideas and Innovation are the currency of today” – Jack Collis in Innovate or Die: Business Thinking Outside The Square

Quote – Ancient Chinese Proverb

“Tell me, I forgetShow me, I remember,Involve me, I understand” – Ancient Chinese proverb

Quote – Stern on Organisational Innovation

“The great majority of businesses are underperforming precisely because their most important intangible assets — the ideas and creativity of their knowledge workers — are unwittingly suppressed by the way in which these businesses are set up to operate.” – Stefan Stern, reviewing Mobilizing Minds

Quote – Maister on Investing in Your Business

“What you do with your chargeable hours determines your profit; what you do with your non-chargeable hours determines your future.” – David Maister

Quotation – Morris on Innovation as Our Last Competitive Advantage

“Given the march of the Chinese manufacturing juggernaut, innovation is just about the only remaining competitive advantage that rich nations have.” – Peter Morris, BRW magazine, June 7-13, p. 65

Quote of The Week – Wycoff on Innovation Engines

“It’s relatively easy to develop the next new thing – once. It takes a completely different approach to develop a long-term innovation engine. It starts with a mindset that seems to be outside the norm in today’s business climate” Joyce Wycoff, blogging in 2005