The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.