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Patrick Dixon Quotes

born 1957 England

Patrick Dixon (born 1957) is a British business thinker and author, often classified as futurist.

England
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I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing rather than five hundred who can't see the point.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you -- be futurewise.

Never has the future become so rapidly the past.

Futurewise (1998)

Volunteering is a window into the passions of the soul.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.

Building a Better Business (2005)

The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Business strategy is a battle plan for a better future.

Building a Better Business (2005)

The promise of every product and service is a better life. Profits are the prize for delivering on the promise.

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

Building a Better Business (2005)

The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth.

Building a Better Business (2005)

You can have the greatest strategy in the world, but what is the point if no one cares?

Building a Better Business (2005)

You will learn more about the people you work with in three minutes by asking them what they do for nothing, than by working with them for three years in the same team.

Building a Better Business (2005)

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

Building a Better Business (2005)

In banking or insurance trust is the only thing you have to sell.

Futurewise (1998)

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

Futurewise (1998)

When you have been close to death it makes you think about life.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Mission is at the heart of what you do as a team. Goals are merely steps to its achievement.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Listen to your customers but don't (always) believe what they say - they know even less about the future than you.

Futurewise (1998)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patrick Dixon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.