“The strategic inflection point is the time to wake up an listen” — Andrew S. Grove Communication Copy Share Image
“strategic changes doesn't just start at the top. It starts with your calender” — Andrew S. Grove Change Copy Share Image
“Altogether too often, people substitute opinions for facts and emotions for analysis.” — Andrew S. Grove Opinions Copy Share Image
“The sad news is, nobody owes you a career. Your career is literally your buisness.” — Andrew S. Grove Career Copy Share Image
“People in the trenches are usually in touch with impending changes early” — Andrew S. Grove Change Copy Share Image
“Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction.” — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“So even if you’re just an invited participant, you should ask yourself if the meeting—and your attendance—is desirable and justified.” — Andrew S. Grove Ask yourself Copy Share Image
“Except for one last thing. What if the people who believe in the cheap Internet appliance turn out to be right?” — Andrew S. Grove Internet Copy Share Image
“The implication was that either the people in the room needed to change their areas of knowledge and expertise or people themselves… — Andrew S. Grove Change Copy Share Image
“Businesses fail either because they leave their customers or because their customer leave them !” — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“The ability to recognize that the winds have shifted and to take appropriate action before you wreck your boat in crucial to… — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“Selectivity - the determination to choose what we will attempt to get done and what we won't - is the only way… — Andrew S. Grove Time Copy Share Image
“In fact , we might as well say "proprietary", which ,in fact, was the byword of the old computer industry.” — Andrew S. Grove Computers Copy Share Image
“Peter Drucker quotes a definition of an entrepreneur as someone who moves resources from areas of lower productivity and yield to areas… — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“At Intel, we put ourselves through an annual strategic long-range planning effort in which we examine our future five years off. But… — Andrew S. Grove Five years Copy Share Image
“The person who is the star of previous era is often the last one to adapt to change, the last one to… — Andrew S. Grove Adapt To Change Copy Share Image
“if you're wrong, you will die. But most companies don't die because they are wrong; most die because they don't commit themselves.… — Andrew S. Grove Danger Copy Share Image
“Compaqs, Dells and Novells each of which emerged from practically nothing to become major corporations. What's the common among these companies is… — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“The replacement of corporate heads is far more motivated by the need to bring in someone who is not invested in the… — Andrew S. Grove Better man Copy Share Image
“When people in the company start asking questions like @But how can we say "X" when we do "Y"? more than anything… — Andrew S. Grove Asking questions Copy Share Image
“You can be the subject of a strategic inflection point but you can also be the cause of one” — Andrew S. Grove Strategy Copy Share Image
“As we throw ourselves into raw actions, our senses and instincts will rapidly be honed again” — Andrew S. Grove Instincts Copy Share Image
“While the story is unique to Intel, the lessons, I believe, are universal” — Andrew S. Grove Universal Copy Share Image
“It's harder to be the best of class in several fields than in just one” — Andrew S. Grove Copy Share Image
“Business success contains the seeds of its destruction.” — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful.” — Andrew S. Grove Afflicts Copy Share Image
“My day always ends when I’m tired and ready to go home, not when I’m done. I am never done.” — Andrew S. Grove Tired Copy Share Image
“In short, strategic inflection points are about fundamental change in any business, technological or not” — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“if you base your business on the volume leader, you will be going after a larger business yourself” — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction. The more Successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your… — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“Our society respects someone’s throwing himself into sports, but anybody who works very long hours is regarded as sick, a workaholic. So… — Andrew S. Grove Long hours Copy Share Image
“a strategic inflection point is a time in the life of business when its fundamentals are about to change. that change can… — Andrew S. Grove Business Copy Share Image
“Admitting that you need to learn something new is always difficult. It is even harder if you are a senior manager who… — Andrew S. Grove Deference Copy Share Image
“This may sound like too much regimentation for you, but whether it’s that or needed discipline depends on your point of view.… — Andrew S. Grove Discipline Copy Share Image
“ "This compound should be available from most good drugstores." I got increasingly annoyed with this phrase because in the world I… — Andrew S. Grove Communism Copy Share Image
“If you avoid the presenter’s eyes, yawn, or read the newspaper it’s worse than not being there at all. Lack of interest… — Andrew S. Grove Ask questions Copy Share Image