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> [Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls. Instead, we must migrate rapidly to becoming a global 'team of teams' that comes together in whatever combination necessary to add the greatest value to the changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/organizations-must-shift-away-from-repetitive-function-hierarchies/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

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## More by Bill Drayton

> [Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/imagine-a-world-where-everyone-is-really-a-change-maker/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/an-entrepreneur-is-someone-who-brings-a-pattern-change/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly honest, good person. So was his White House.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/white-house-cultures-inevitably-reflect-the-president-s-character/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/the-most-powerful-force-in-the-world-is-a-big-idea-if-it-is-the-hands/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/what-is-our-job-as-entrepreneurs-if-not-to-change-things-that-are/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/what-is-the-most-powerful-lever-you-can-imagine-a-big-idea-but-only/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/in-1962-when-i-was-19-i-visited-india-with-introductions-from-people/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/you-can-t-be-a-change-maker-by-reading-a-book/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/what-does-an-entrepreneur-do-the-first-thing-is-they-ve-given/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/the-biggest-problem-is-getting-beyond-the-you-can-t-syndrome-the/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/the-first-the-most-obvious-test-of-a-true-social-entrepreneur-is-are/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/social-entrepreneurs-are-not-content-just-to-give-a-fish-or-teach-how/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/we-have-to-teach-empathy-as-we-do-literacy/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues, be tempted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/how-could-any-entrepreneur-confronted-by-such-amazing-opportunities/)

[Bill Drayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-drayton/)

> [We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-drayton/we-started-ashoka-here-in-india-with-a-simple-idea-that-you-needed/)

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