Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best. Peter Senge doomdriveeffective share on social
Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress. Peter Senge backcompanydistress Change image and share on social
A well-managed business will have a high return on invested capital. But that's a consequence. It's not a way to manage a business. Peter Senge businesscapitalconsequence Change image and share on social
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation. Peter Senge businessclouteconomic Change image and share on social
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic. Peter Senge democraticgovernmentnationalistic Change image and share on social
The company-as-a-machine model fits how people think about and operate conventional companies. And, of course, it fits how people think about changing conventional companies: You have a broken company, and you need to change it, to fix it. Peter Senge breakchangecompany share on social
You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy. Peter Senge capitalfirminvest Change image and share on social
Nobody likes to throw stuff away. It's just antithetical to our sense of being a person. But we're all habituated to that way of living today. Peter Senge antitheticalhabituatelike Change image and share on social
