Top 18 Quotes by Peter Senge

About Peter Senge

These are some quotes by American author Peter Senge Scientist, who was born in 1947.

In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.

In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.

Peter Senge

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.

In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.

Peter Senge

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

Peter Senge

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.

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

One industrial age belief is that GDP or GNP is a measure of progress. I don't care if you're the President of China or the U.S., if your country doesn't grow, you're in trouble. But we all know that beyond a certain level of material need, further material acquisition doesn't make people happier.

Peter Senge

The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms.

The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms.

Peter Senge

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