Quotes tagged ‘Management’

“Our job as managers in creative environments is to protect new ideas from those who don't understand that in order for greatness to emerge, there must be phases of not-so-greatness. Protect the future, not the past.”

— Ed Catmull, amazon.com

“In a company with over 270,000 employees , there are only 23 at corporate headquarters in Omaha. There are no regular budget meetings for Berkshire companies. The CEOs who run Berkshire's subsidiary companies simply never hear from Buffett unless they call for advice or seek capital for their busine…”

— William N. Thorndike , amazon.com

“In a company with over 270,000 employees, there are only 23 at corporate headquarters in Omaha. There are no regular budget meetings for Berkshire companies. The CEOs who run Berkshire's subsidiary companies simply never hear from Buffett unless they call for advice or seek capital for their busines…”

— , amazon.com

“There are many valid reasons why people aren't candid with one another in a work environment. Your job is to search for those reasons and then address them.”

— Ed Catmull, amazon.com

“If we understand the matter correctly (something that must be assumed here) we can compel a person, or at least help him, to render an account of the ultimate meaning of his own actions.”

— Max Weber, amazon.com

“Instead of trying to get everyone to conform to a simple set of commands, a great manager, organizer, or leader strives instead to create an environment or provide the tools through which people naturally cooperate.”

— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.com

“It's the manager who is the scarce input...”

— Tyler Cowen, amazon.com

“Once 'the shadow of the future' lengthens, we have the basis for more durable relationships.”

— Robert Axelrod, amazon.com

“Management's job is not to fill current employees with the collected, compressed wisdom of the ages, but rather to support them in the jobs only they are actually charged with doing. Management becomes a bit like customer service department for the employees, who are the ones responsible for the bus…”

— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.com