James G. March quotes
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“I am not now, nor I have ever been, relevant.”
-- James G. MarchSource : "Ideas as Art". Interview with Diane Coutu, hbr.org. October 2006.
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“If a manager asks an academic consultant what to do and that consultant answers, then the consultant should be fired. No academic has the experience to know the context of a managerial problem well enough to give specific advice about a specific situation.”
-- James G. MarchSource : James G. March (2008). “Explorations in Organizations”, p.13, Stanford University Press
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“No organization works if the toilets don't work, but I don't believe that finding solutions to business problems is my job.”
-- James G. MarchSource : James G. March (2008). “Explorations in Organizations”, p.13, Stanford University Press
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“They [human beings] are unwilling to gamble that God made those people who are skilled at rational argumentation uniquely virtuous. They protect themselves and others from cleverness by obscuring their preferences.”
-- James G. MarchSource : "How Decisions Happen in Organizations". Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 6, 1991.
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“It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else.”
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“Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.”
Source : Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)
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“If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant.”
Source : Edward R. Tufte (2003). “The cognitive style of PowerPoint”, Graphics Pr
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“Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.”
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“It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.”
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“The only relevant question is whether you will let it be possible for you.”
Source : Gay Hendricks, PhD (2009). “The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level”, p.14, Harper Collins
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