Quote by Brad Stone Download Open image ““Autonomous working units are good. Things to manage working units are bad.”” — Brad Stone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“All new hires had to directly improve the outcome of the company. He wanted doers—engineers, developers, perhaps merchandise buyers, but not managers. “We didn’t… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“You see, their entire system is... flawless. They have jobs, but their system works based on need and the ability to fulfill that need...” — D.M. Shiro Copy Share Image
“There is one potential problem with automation: that it will be accompanied by complacency and ignorance.” — Richard de Crespigny Copy Share Image
“There is good management and bad management: good management is like air—you don’t know it’s there until it’s gone away.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Without planning, we are individuals with haphazard connections and effectiveness. We are a team when we plan and work in harmony.” — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“best solutions will not fall into our lap if we fail to grab the best available solutions and improve upon them continuously.” — Meenakshi Sundaram V.R Copy Share Image
“When are you going to give up and accept the inevitable? Automation and microchips are here to stay.” — J.A. Jance Copy Share Image
“The hardest things to fix in life are the ones that are working .” — Quincy Hyacinth Copy Share Image
“Almost anything can be managed if one simply goes about it properly.” — Rachel Neumeier Copy Share Image
“There was little science to Amazon’s earliest distribution methods. The company held no inventory itself at first. When a customer bought a book, Amazon… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“They agreed on five core values and wrote them down on a whiteboard in a conference room: customer obsession, frugality, bias for action, ownership,… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“In a world where consumers had limited choice, you needed to compete for locations,” says Ross, who went on to cofound eCommera, a British… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“The first week after the official launch, they took $12,000 in orders and shipped $846 worth of books, according to Eric Dillon, one of… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Look, you should wake up worried, terrified every morning,” he told his employees. “But don’t be worried about our competitors because they ` re… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Amazon may be the most beguiling company that ever existed, and it is just getting started. It is both missionary and mercenary, and throughout… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
We see Google experimenting in so many places outside of its core search and advertising business, whether that's bringing broadband Internet to the world… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“The production philosophy pioneered by Toyota calls for a focus on those activities that create value for the customer and the systematic eradication of… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Apple’s founder reportedly fired employees in the elevator and screamed at underperforming executives. Perhaps there is something endemic in the fast-paced technology business that… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Just as Clayton Christensen had predicted in The Innovator’s Dilemma, technological innovation caused wrenching pain to the company and the broader industry” — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
“Eric Benson took about two weeks to construct a preliminary version that grouped together customers who had similar purchasing histories and then found books… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
