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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.

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The first one hundred and fifty year old human being could be alive as a baby today.

Futurewise (1998)

Strong ethics keep corporations healthy. Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Tribalism is the most powerful force in the world.

Futurewise (1998)

Two thirds of all those who have ever lived to sixty five are alive today and most of them are women.

Futurewise (1998)

The future is about emotion: reactions to events are usually far more important than the events themselves.

Futurewise (1998)

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

Futurewise (1998)

Institutional blindness is a major threat to the future of all corporations.

Futurewise (1998)

The larger the corporation, the greater the risk that you are flying blind.

Futurewise (1998)

Life's too short to sell things you don't believe in.

Building a Better Business (2005)

You cannot have strong leadership without passion.

Building a Better Business (2005)

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Building a Better Business (2005)

To every trend there is a counter-trend. There are a number of pendulums operating and each creates new business opportunities.

Futurewise (1998)

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.

Building a Better Business (2005)

Your company may have a reputation for brilliant leadership, outstanding innovation, clever branding and effective change management, but the business could fail if the world changes and you are unprepared.

Futurewise (1998)

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realise because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

Futurewise (1998)

Connect with all the passions people have -for themselves, their families, their communities and wider world - and they will follow you to the ends of the earth, buy your products and services with pride, and may even be willing to work for you for next to nothing.

Building a Better Business (2005)

The Six Faces of the FUTURE are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical

Futurewise (1998)

Attribution

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