Robert I. Sutton quotes
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“The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?”
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“Assholes tend to stick together, and once stuck are not easily separated.”
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“Creativity isn't about wild talent as much as it's about productivity. To find new ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't. It's a pure numbers game.”
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“Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic or dull' or 'visionary or numbers-orientated,' but the most inspiring and effective managers he knew all had said we rather than I.”
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“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.”
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Source : "20 famous college commencement speeches" by Mo Elinzano, www.deseretnews.com. May 6, 2015.
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