Social organizations are flagrantly open systems in that the input of energies and the conversion of output into further energetic input consists… — Daniel Katz Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump ] would make history in so many ways because he is a candidate who eschewed the traditional arts of political… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in… — Kelsey Chow Copy Share Image
People don't talk to each other. You're alone with your television set or internet. But you can't have a functioning democracy without… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The print magazine and print journalism industry is obviously in a great deal of trouble, and one of the things that happened… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
We didn't exist. Ronald Reagan didn't say the word 'AIDS' until 1987. I've tried desperately to get a meeting in the White… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, at the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
One of the things I had to really work on is, when you're the leader of an organization, people look at the… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
With wolves, solidarity is first but when they hunt, they change roles. The implicit hierarchy depends on who does what. In an… — C. K. Prahalad Copy Share Image
The IT organization can't drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Since the moment of the United Nations' inception, untold energies have been expended by governments not only toward the exclusion of persons… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“You need to know that being organized has nothing to do with being neat and clean. It simply means being able to… — Harry H Harrison Copy Share Image
As a physician, I recognize that we all have an opportunity to enhance our health, and reduce our cancer risk. That is… — Margaret Cuomo Copy Share Image
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There were tensions between these two organizations [Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
In a two-year period, all my dreams came true: the birth of a son... publishing a best-selling book... launching a successful organization...… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I'm very happy and excited to be re-joining the Sixers family as a part of their broadcast team. I spent my best… — Eric Snow Copy Share Image
In '32 we organized the Young Negroes' Cooperative League and had some degree of success in terms of establishing stores and certainly… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get measured by… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
By leadership, I mean taking complete responsibility for an organization's well-being and growth, and changing it for the better. Real leadership is… — Robert L. Joss Copy Share Image
Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion… — Samuel Francis Du Pont Copy Share Image
One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but… — Charlie Norwood Copy Share Image
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As human beings, it is natural for us to pick up signals about what is valued in our environment and to want… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim mullah all walk into a bar, and the bartender says: - What is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Some of the things I think I learned from that were very educational as far as just paying bills - the basics… — Todd English Copy Share Image
You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big… — Bob Anderson Copy Share Image
In Japanese organizations, before you have a meeting and you've got an idea that you want to get across, you go talk… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the… — Abigail Johnson Copy Share Image
Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image