Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

Quote by Peter F Drucker

Topics: Foresight Quotes

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...

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of...

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of...

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

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

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

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations.......

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations.......

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

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

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

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...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.

A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.

If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can...

If you want success, then don't rely on other people to do what YOU can...

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

Before a person makes a decision or gets involved he should form the habit of...

Before a person makes a decision or gets involved he should form the habit of...