Peter Drucker Quotes

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives’ decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Our job in life is to make a positive difference, not prove we’re right.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself – not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans.

The computer is a moron.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well.

Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t.

If analysis shows that someone’s brilliant work fails again and again as soon as cooperation from others is required, it probably indicates a lack of courtesy – that is, a lack of manners.

People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

The new information technology… Internet and e-mail… have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.