Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Strategy making needs to function beyond the boxes to encourage the informal learning that produces new perspectives and new combinations... Once managers understand this, they can avoid other costly misadventures caused by applying formal techniques, without judgement and intuition, to… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
“being a manager’ means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others,” — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
“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… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence? — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
