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Henry Mintzberg quotes: Strategies grow initially like weeds in a garden, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.

Strategies grow initially like weeds in a garden, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of communityship.

Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of communityship.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.

Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.

Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions

Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions

Henry Mintzberg quotes: The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.

The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources".

An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources".

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism.

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?

Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it.

Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Data don't generate theory - only researchers do that.

Data don't generate theory - only researchers do that.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.

Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources

Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have.

Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: While hard data may inform the intellect, it is largely soft data that generates wisdom.

While hard data may inform the intellect, it is largely soft data that generates wisdom.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

When the world is predictable you need smart people.
When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research.

No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it

Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day in surgical school?

We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day in surgical school?

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

Henry Mintzberg quotes: Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

Henry Mintzberg quotes: That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports.

That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports.