Productivity Quote by Steven S. Skiena

“problem solving, however necessary, does not produce results. It prevents damage. Exploiting opportunities produces results.”

— Peter F. Drucker

What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things…

— Peter Drucker

“All business opportunities stem from someone else's inability to resolve a simple and inevitable problem.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“While efficiency is important, it is secondary. More important than efficiency is effectiveness — getting the right things done. Efficiency doesn’t matter if you…

— Matt Perman

“If you can define the problem differently than everybody else in the industry, you can generate alternatives that others aren’t thinking about.”

— Roger L. Martin

Most opportunities are disguised as problems.

— Grant Cardone

“A good strategic approach transforms limited resources into maximum results.”

— Wayne Chirisa

“THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC of high-performing organizations is their ability to make good decisions and to make them happen quickly.”

— Marcia W. Blenko

“If a business, for instance, has built its market position on being the cheapest, it stands to reason that intense focus will be on…

— Gert Laursen

“Be strategic about productivity—do less exceptionally well, instead of doing more in an average way.”

— Laurie Buchanan, PhD

Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.

— Denis Waitley

“high performers were twice as likely to exceed profitability, market share, and productivity goals. And,”

— Gene Kim