Charlie Baker Quotes

As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called 'search and reapply,' which meant that if we found better ways of doing something, then we would do it.

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

I know what we do really well - I just try and keep us focused on doing that.

The emphasis on innovation and technology in our companies has resulted in a few of them establishing global benchmarks in product design and development, manufacturing practices and human resource capabilities. However, there is no room for complacency.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Support what works and stop supporting what does not work.

The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes.

Benchmarking is an ongoing exercise in any company that aspires for leadership.

We have to constantly be looking to improve.

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product.

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

We need to make sure that the things we are already working on turn out to do the things we believe they can do and creating value both for the world and ultimately for Google.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

We must use time creatively.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand.

Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off.

As I said before, a big part of my strategy says - and the management team I think is in agreement with this - we don't have to be out there with a lot of noise all the time. What we need to do is paint a vision for customers, promise them deliverables, and go hit at it.