“The truth is, as challenges emerge, mistakes will always be made, and our work is never done. We will always have problems, many of which are hidden from our view; we must work to uncover them and assess our own role in them, even if doing so means making ourselves uncomfortable; when we then come across a problem, we must marshal all our energies to solve it.”
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“Find, develop, and support good people, and they in turn will find, develop, and own good…”
“Negative feedback may be fun, but it is far less brave than endorsing something unproven…”
“Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.”