Peter Drucker Quotes

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

The basic DNA we've got to implant in leaders now is adaptability: not to get wedded to the solution to a particular problem, because not only the problem but the solution changes day to day. Creating people who are hardwired for that is going to be our challenge for the future.

The countries that succeed will be those that are nimble and able to use their human capital to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Every organization can move at a different speed.

The market is moving so fast, there is nothing set into the wall. You need to be very, very flexible.

You can find advantages to being small.

Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.

There is the opportunity to do more and better if you're smaller and more nimble.

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.

Small business, right down to the individual can beat big, bureaucratic companies ten times out of ten.

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice.

I think I'm very good at adjusting to anything and to any situation, and if you are good at being in the moment and adjusting, you can actually have a clear vision of what to do with things or how to do things.

The virtue of small-to-midsize companies is that they tend to be more flexible and it is easier to experiment with new ways of working. So just try to tackle one problem you're really struggling with, together with your team. Get started and see what happens. Chances are you will be happy with the outcome.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

The fundamental task is to achieve smallness within large organisation.

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

I move very well. Being able to go at different types of players, that's where I have an advantage.

Be big, fast and flexible.

One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.

You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.

A hunter that is worth his salt does not catch game because he sets his traps, or because he knows the hunting routines of his prey, but because he himself has no routines. This is his advantage. He is not at all like the animals he is after, fixed by heavy routines and predictable quirks; he is free, fluid, unpredictable

Flexibility is the key to stability.