The Hungry Spirit

"The market, left to itself, would not work."

"Competition reaches down into the institution and demands a sort of corporate Darwinism, the survival of the fittest and the death of the rest, in the organization as well as in society as a whole."

"There will, undoubtedly, be all sorts of new goods and services but they will, increasingly, tend to be "chindogu.""

"The values of most businesses these days lies in their invisible assets, their accumulated skills and experience, their brands, research, and managerial ability."

"We have today the opportunity, which is also the challenge, to shape ourselves, even to reinvent ourselves."

"However much we may deny it, the way other people see us does influence the way we see ourselves."

"One of the worst aspects of some business studies courses is the assumption that business people are rational fools, devoid of emotion or any sense of responsibility."

"Growth does not have to mean more of the same."

"For the market to work in the sectors where it does work well, we need to know that there is more to life than marketplace success."

"The biggest obstacle to proper selfishness in society may be a lack of proper love, and of the responsibility that goes with it."

"As all managers know well, a good team is more than the sum of its individuals, and prima donnas can sometimes do more harm than good to the common cause."

"Business and other organizations have a privilege denied to ordinary mortals?they don't have to die. "

"When corporations are bigger than nation states you have to ask who governs them and for whom."

"An organization with mutual trust at its core can be both creative and efficient."