Business quotes Quote by Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

People talk about the businesses of the future needing to be more agile and more responsive if they are to be successful. But this…

— Andrew Curry

Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet have transformed the business…

— Nolan Bushnell

“The Agile methodology, as it came to be known, emphasized collaboration, frequent testing, rapid iteration, and pushing decision making to whoever was closest to…

— Charles Duhigg

Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls. Instead, we must migrate rapidly to becoming a global 'team of…

— Bill Drayton

“restructuring the organization to embrace more agile and adaptive models is a critical step in building resilience. By moving beyond traditional hierarchies, designing effective…

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

The business changes. The technology changes. The team changes. The team members change. The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to…

— Kent Beck

In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods…

— Gary Hamel

“Structuring an organization for change is much harder than designing a system for change. Each man must be assigned to jobs that broaden him,…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“The hardest part of continuous improvement in organizations is changing the behavior of other people.”

— Jurgen Appelo

The more successful an organization becomes, the more difficult it is to deal with.

— James Cook

“[B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough…

— Clay Shirky

Change efforts happen when a firm is out of alignment with achieving its vision. If the organization has broad buy-in on a clear vision,…

— Robert S. Kaplan