Quotes from Eliyahu Goldratt

Every one of you is a super genius if you just focus your common sense.

To be a good manager, a manager tries to constantly fight to reduce waste.

Why is it that common sense is seldom common practice?

Conditions impact the behaviour of people.

Every conflict can be removed.

Automation is good, so long as you know exactly where to put the machine.

Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.

You need collaboration of its people; it's the only way to improve a company - can you ignore that? You need a win-win for every sub-group, which will ensure exponential growth for a company.

The more complicated the situation seems to be, the simpler solution must be. .. People believe that reality is complex, and therefore they are looking for sophisticated explanations for complicated solutions. .. Reality it is actually simple.

If the system should not need parts now, the worker should not produce because you are just absorbing instead of producing.

We have to have workers that will produce more and will stop work when it is not needed.

For me, 'educator' is the highest title that exists.

If you want people to take action,you must refrain from giving them the answers.

As a CEO, you have to take the active action to force most of your resources to stand idle from time to time - or go bankrupt.

I took inspiration from 'Fountainhead,' the way in which Ayn Rand conveyed her political philosophy through an immensely popular novel.

Every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple.

Almost all decisions based on cost accounting are utterly wrong.

Every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit.

The problem with a cost reduction strategy is that there is a finite limit.You can only get to zero.

Growth becomes less important than stability; we have to give people changes slowly.

I call myself an educator.