STRATEGY CENTRAL

Leaders move people from here to there…The first play is not to make there sound wonderful.  The first play is to make here sound awful.  Bill Hybels

"I wouldn't give a fig for simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity (p. 25, In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing)." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"Success depends on both what you do and how you do it (p. 5, The Art of Innovation)."

“Without a vision, the crisis chooses us.  But with a vision, we choose the ‘crisis.’”  Will Mancini

Great post on the topic by Will Mancini over at Clarity Evangelist.  Check it out.

"YOU MUST CARE. That's my conclusion. You can't stand out … unless … your heart is in it."  Tom Peters

If you haven’t subscribed to Tom Peter’s Daily Quote you can do it right here. This was today’s idea from In Search of Excellence:

Delightfully, our research showed that some very human "basics"–doing
rather than talking, focusing on the growth and well-being of our
people and our customers, and being clear about "what we care about
around here"–were the apparent bedrock of superior performance.

No comment needed there.  Those are some good words.

Irrelevance comes from always doing the things you know how to do in the way you’ve always done them.  Tom Peters

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."  Albert Einstein