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The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees.

Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

If you are giving back, you took too much.

Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information.

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life.

Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation.

Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.

People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?

People have a reservoir of talent worth discovering.
They just have to be given the opportunity to discover it in themselves

The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.

Large, centralized organizations foster alienation like stagnant ponds breed algae.

Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.