All organizations are merely conceptual embodiments of a very old, very basic idea - the idea of community. They can be no more or less than the sum of the beliefs of the people drawn to them; of their character,… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain? — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
You learn nothing form your successes except to think too much of yourself. It is from failure that all growth comes, provided you can… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
To put it another way, I believe that purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code of any… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior. — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia. — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
We don't have to remain in this radically destructive mind-set and institutional-set. We can change, and the natural order of things could emerge in… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others,… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. Failure to distinguish clearly between the two is ruinous. Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
