Quotes About Organization

Too many kings can ruin an army

Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.

Hardcore's organizational energy was just as important as its musical energy—

If you are spending more time matching your Kitchenaid to your kettle to your cupboards than you are cooking, something is very wrong.

Everything I read about the Swedish Social Democratic government of the last century suggested an organization that was driven by one single, overarching goal: to sever the traditional, some would say natural, ties between its citizens, be they those that bound children to their parents, workers to their employers, wives to their husbands, or the elderly to their families.

Those five words…"the good of the department." They never added up to anything but high jingo.

had been part of an organization that promoted isolation from the outside world, that cultivated the "us versus them" ethic. I had been part of the cult of the blue religion and now I was out, excommunicated, part of the outside world. I had no badge. I was no longer part of us. I was one of them.

In any case, this was a deep human prejudice. Human beings to find a central command in any organization. States had governments. Corporations had CEOs. Schools had principals. Armies had generals. Human beings tended to believe that without central command, chaos would overwhelm the organization and nothing significant could be accomplished.

The Japanese have a saying: fix the problem, not the blame. In American organizations it's all about who fucked up. Whose head will roll. In Japanese organizations it's about what's fucked up, and how to fix it. Nobody gets blamed. Their way is better.

your final job will be to disband it, before it becomes another tired old environmental organization spouting outmoded wisdom, wasting resources, and doing more harm than good.

Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.

A good rule of thumb is: Pack twice as many books as changes of underwear.

Documentation is an affirmation of order.

1. Your Primary Aim 2. Your Strategic Objective 3. Your Organizational Strategy 4. Your Management Strategy 5. Your People Strategy 6. Your Marketing Strategy 7. Your Systems Strategy

for many people, a job is crucial psychologically, over and above the paycheck. By making clear demands on their time and energy, it provides an element of structure around which the rest of their lives can be organized."2 The operative word here is clear. Documentation provides the clarity structure needs if it is to be meaningful to your people.

the key is to plan, envision, and articulate what you see in the future both for yourself and for your employees. Because if you don't articulate it—I mean, write it down, clearly, so others can understand it—

Unfortunately, personalities, good feelings, goodwill, and luck aren't the only ingredients of a successful organization; alone, they are the recipe for chaos and disaster.

Orchestration is the elimination of discretion, or choice, at the operating level of your business.

The system runs the business. The people run the system.

3. The Model Will Stand Out as a Place of Impeccable Order

4. All Work in the Model Will Be Documented in Operations Manuals

The value of your Equity is directly proportional to how well your business works. And how well your business works is directly proportional to the effectiveness of the systems you have put into place, upon which the operation of your business depends.

Widget Makers, Inc. Organization Chart

How can I create a business whose results are systems-dependent rather than people-dependent? Systems-dependent rather than expert-dependent. How can I create an expert system rather than hire one?