News Quotes by Bill Gates

13 News quotes by Bill Gates

Bill Gates shares 13 concise reflections on news, emphasizing the intersection of technology and information. Though brief, they serve as a solid entry point for anyone curious about his view on how media shapes innovation.

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Convert bad news to good news.

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The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.

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Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

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Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.

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Thinking about impact on children meant adding to the agenda, both the R&D agenda and the delivery agenda, but it's amazing news,…

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to…

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Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it,…

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Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees…

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The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the…

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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…

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Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it.…

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Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to…

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I set a rule that people weren't allowed to send good news unless they sent around an equal amount of bad news.…

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