We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.

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Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every...

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every...

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to...

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to...

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

If youre not confused, youre not paying attention.

If youre not confused, youre not paying attention.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do...

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do...

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an...

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an...

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company...

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company...

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have...

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have...

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.