Quote

The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast.

Peter Drucker

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Peter Drucker
Age: 95 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 19
Died: 2005
Died: November 11
Author
Businessperson
Columnist
Economist
Journalist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Sculptor
University Teacher
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Peter F. Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Growth
Rapids
Present
Decline
Age
Ages
Change
Enterprise
Doe
Innovation
Period
Declines
Fast
Innovate
Periods
Rapid

More quotes by Peter Drucker

Image
Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise.
Peter Drucker
Image
The individual needs the return to spiritual values, for he can survive in the present human situation only by reaffirming that man is not just a biological and psychological being but also a spiritual being, that is creature, and existing for the purposes of his Creator and subject to Him.
Peter Drucker
Image
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Peter Drucker
Image
The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs.
Peter Drucker
Image
Thus, for those who are willing to go out into the field, to look and to listen, changing demographics is both a highly productive and a highly dependable innovation opportunity.
Peter Drucker
Image
Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is.
Peter Drucker
Image
The computer, being a mechanical moron, can handle only quantifiable data.
Peter Drucker
Image
The world political system is till based on the concept of the national sovereign state. For the first time therefore, in three hundred years economy and sovereignty are becoming divorced from each other.
Peter Drucker
Image
Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
Peter Drucker
Image
Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.
Peter Drucker
Image
Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities.
Peter Drucker
Image
Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.
Peter Drucker
Image
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.
Peter Drucker
Image
Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure.
Peter Drucker
Image
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
Peter Drucker
Image
Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present!
Peter Drucker
Image
No other area offers richer opportunities for successful innovation than the unexpected success.
Peter Drucker
Image
The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system's weaknesses irrelevant.
Peter Drucker
Image
The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have to do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow?
Peter Drucker
Image
You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths.
Peter Drucker