Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Shopping for groceries for most people is like a chore. It's like doing the laundry or taking out the garbage. And we… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
One of the most important things we do is we've organized our stores and our workforce into teams. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
“I realized that with everything I did from that point onward, I would have to ask myself this question: "How would I feel if… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long as I… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week,… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
