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...

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...

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 best way to predict the future is to create it.

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

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.

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

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...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

Indecision has often given an advantage to the other fellow because he did his thinking...

Indecision has often given an advantage to the other fellow because he did his thinking...

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come...

Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come...