Jack Welch Quotes

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

Quality management is needed because nothing is simple anymore, if indeed it ever was.

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

Management is nature's way of removing idiots from the productive flow.

Design is important because chaos is so hard.

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

My goal is to simplify complexity.

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

You may say organize, organize, organize; but there may be so much organization that it will interfere with the work to be done.

You can't do it unless you organize.

Simple, yet effective!

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

Unity of plan everywhere lies hidden under the mask: of diversity of structure-the complex is everywhere evolved out of the simple.

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable

It takes real planning to organize this kind of chaos.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.

Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.

As soon as you are complicated, you are ineffectual.

Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do?

You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.