I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.
Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.
Forget socialism, capitalism, just-in-time deliveries, salary surveys, and the rest. . . concentrate on building organizations that accomplish that most difficult of all challenges: to make people look forward to coming to work in the morning.
To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.
If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules.
People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?
Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation.
Each time I get off a plane in Hollywood, I don't think I'm pretty enough.
It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.
It's weird to have to jump in to being married with somebody, but it was really easy.
I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L. A. but it's strangely segregated.