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

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...

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...

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...

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...

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.......

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a...

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a...

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership development is not an event.

Leadership development is not an event.