Organization Quotes

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

A democracy is a state which recognizes the subjection of the minority to the majority, that is, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one part of the population against another.

A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn’t have this spirit, chances are you won’t find it anywhere else in the organization.

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.

People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can’t talk about that. I’m looking to stay alive.

Health care historically has been a very siloed field that’s organized around medical specialties – urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth – and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.

I was very fortunate to have known Fred Ross Sr., who was organizing the Community Service Organization (CSO) way back in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I was able to work with him.

An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.