W. Edwards Deming Quotes

I get off on the interaction with people, and I love the chess of a movie and particularly - not only in preproduction or in production or postproduction - the behavioral chess. That is, learning and being humbled by and also teaching certain people certain things. I love that. As a producer, you have an opportunity to see the whole and bring people together.

Chemistry's a word that people who make hires and decisions say, 'Hey, you guys go out and work on your chemistry!'

The best way to know people is to work with them.

With any job the main thing that makes the job is the people.

Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.

I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.

A single person doesn't change an organization, but culture and good people do.

Managing people is no different wherever you are.

Who you work with is even more important than who you hang out with because you spend a lot more time with your workmates than your friends.

I enjoy the company and interaction of people at work.

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction.

As the workplace becomes more specialized, from offices to medical centers to factories, teams of people must accomplish their work by collaborating with each other. In my work in filmmaking, we need talented individuals with technical skills, but their abilities to communicate and work with others are just as valuable.

At work, conversation increases productivity. And yet people go into work, put on their headphones. In one interview, somebody called it - they become pilots in their own cockpits.

Sometimes chemistry does the trick, and other times, you have to forge that with the people.

An organization filled with honest, motivated, connected, eager, learning, experimenting, ethical and driven people will always defeat the one that merely has talent. Every time.

people are all there is to an organization

You have to kind of shift the way you look at life when you're in a group of people that you work with. It's not so much, do they make you feel good when you're around them all the time; it's how can you make everyone feel comfortable together.

I do know that people tend to do their best work when they're challenged and stimulated by their peers.

No matter the organization, the goal, or the mission, you've got to do it through people. It's been that way for me since my first command. I work to understand the people, their views and needs, and how tasks are being carried out.That interaction might cause me to modify my guidance or the way I delegate. It also affords me an opportunity to learn what goals people have and how as their boss I can facilitate their future in ways that not only help them, but also help the ship or the organization.

It's great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier than I am.

Companies don't have ideas; only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds and loyalty and trust they develop between each other. What matters is the mortar, not just the bricks.

It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.