Quotes About Execution

Implementation beats oration.

The boring side of business is what makes it work.

It's a great asset to you, on your first film, to bring some people with you from the television world because they understand the speed that you have to work with to get your grand ideas down.

That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.

I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.

Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.

On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly has had 15 of his top officials executed. So the lesson here is when Kim Jong Un comes to work with a new haircut, you tell him, 'Looking good, Un.'

I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it.

A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author.

I just think things should work properly.

In games, you have plans, you have strategies, and you follow them.

No matter what strategies you make, if you don't get the right script, everything is going to go down.

What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

In my private sector career, two of my favorite sayings were, 'Strategy is easy and execution is really hard,' and that we should 'run at criticism.'

Strategy is not really a solo sport - even If you're the CEO.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

What matters in any campaign is that you have a strategic core that makes the judgements, decides the strategy, and can deliver.

My view is that, as management, the focus has to be on having a strategy and executing it. As you do the strategy and execution, it is important to communicate it consistently.

In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy. The goal is to acquire technology that is on your product roadmap or people that fit culturally within your organization and help you execute on your roadmap faster.

You have got to get the strategy right; you have to get the operations right - lined up from R&D out to the field.