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Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time.

— Robert Heller The Decision Makers (1989)

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All businesses operate below their true potential. That is unavoidable, given the fallibility of human beings.

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Letting I dare not wait upon I would is a mug's game, and those who play it usually get mugged.

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Effective management always means asking the right question.

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No decision in business provides greater potential for the creation of wealth (or its destruction, come to think of it) than the choice of which innovation to back.

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What goes wrong [in long-range planning] is that sensible anticipation gets converted into foolish numbers: and their validity always hinges on large loose assumptions.

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