Michele Pasin / Quotes

Right and wrong

If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way.

Antique Chinese Proverb #right #moral #proverb #chinese

A manager's complaint about bad staff

“Are you kidding? You can’t find good people these days. There’s too much turnover, absenteeism, moonlighting. People just don’t care anymore.”

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #employees #business #attitudes

Groupon started as something else

Groupon is one of the fastest-growing companies of all time. Its name comes from “group coupons,” an ingenious idea that has spawned an entire industry of…

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) #startups #companies #business

IBM's three changeless values

I am always intrigued whenever I go to IBM and watch the training process there. Time and time again, I see the leadership of the organization come into a…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #organization #values #business

Leadership in a changing environment

Such changes as deregulation of the airline industry, skyrocketing costs of health care, and the greater quality and quantity of imported cars impact the…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #leadership #business #environment #changes

Many kinds of innovation

It’s also important that the word innovation be understood broadly. Startups use many kinds of innovation: novel scientific discoveries, repurposing an…

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) #innovation #startups #business