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> [Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/anecdotal-data-is-not-incidental-to-theory-development-at-all-but-an/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

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## More by Henry Mintzberg

> [Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/everyone-is-against-micro-managing-but-macro-managing-means-you-re/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/to-turn-around-is-to-end-up-facing-the-same-way-maybe-that-is-the/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/never-set-out-to-be-the-best-it-s-too-low-a-standard-set-out-to-be/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [“being a manager’ means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/being-a-manager-means-not-merely-assuming-a-position-of-authority-but/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/basically-managing-is-about-influencing-action-managing-is-about/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/leadership-like-swimming-cannot-be-learned-by-reading-about-it/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/empowerment-is-what-managers-do-to-people-engagement-is-what-managers/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [“A good part of the work of managing involves doing what specialists do, but in particular ways that make use of the manager’s special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/a-good-part-of-the-work-of-managing-involves-doing-what-specialists/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/why-does-every-generation-have-to-think-that-he-lives-in-the-period/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/management-is-a-curious-phenomenon-it-is-generously-paid-enormously/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/so-technologies-whether-it-is-a-telephone-or-an-iphone-computers-in/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Data don't generate theory - only researchers do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/data-don-t-generate-theory-only-researchers-do-that/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/effective-managing-therefore-happens-where-art-craft-and-science-meet/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/corporations-are-social-institutions-if-they-don-t-serve-society-they/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

> [Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mintzberg/corporations-are-economic-entities-to-be-sure-but-they-are-also/)

[Henry Mintzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mintzberg/)

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