Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise -- bureaucrats.

Quote by Alvin Toffler

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To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

The great growling engine of change - technology.

The great growling engine of change - technology.

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into...

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into...

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting...

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting...

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to...

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to...

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity...

Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity...

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm...

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm...

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the...

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the...

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon...

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon...

Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.

Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're...