The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Thinking about impact on children meant adding to the agenda, both the R&D agenda and the delivery agenda, but it's amazing news,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share
At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to… — Bill Gates Copy Share
Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them. — Bill Gates Copy Share
