Adopting Quote by Al Gore

The task of saving the earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world.

— Al Gore

Many individuals and organization units contribute to every large decision, and the very problem of centralization and decentralization is a problem of arranging the…

— Herbert Simon

Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.

— Stephen Covey

“Up until now, some of us actually thought that we created and organized the systems in which we work. But should it turn out…

— Harrison Owen

Organization has to come from an agreement about principles, rather than just the need to coordinate: so as much as we must all act…

— Nigel Gibson

For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple.

— Jack Welch

“Organizational theorists, at least since Burns and Stalker, 1961 and Joan Woodward, 1965 in what came to be called the contingency school, have recognized…

— Charles Perrow

“The rest of the population ought to be deprived of any form of organization, because organization just causes trouble. People have to be atomized…

— Noam Chomsky

Every organization has to prepare for the abandonment of everything it does.

— Peter Drucker

“It is a central thesis of this book that centralization has reached diminishing returns and is no longer yielding any benefit. Instead, it has…

— Charles Hugh Smith

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

Great organisations choose principles over people. When you give up on the principles, sooner or later you will break down.

— Ettore Messina