"Once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the organization it used to be; it has evolved. That is the essence of learning."

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Source : "The Living Company: Growth, Learning and Longevity in Business". Book by Arie de Geus, 1999.

Arie de Geus

#Organization Quotes #Essence Quotes #Environment Quotes

“Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.”
“When someone is not playing well it's natural to want to make a change. I've just learned to drown out all the noise and make a decision based on the merits and what each individual kid has earned the right to do.”

Source : "Frost likes progress, seeks more". Interview with Shannon Green, digitaledition.orlandosentinel.com.
“There is a value in repetition. When we repeat certain phrases and even actions, like fingering prayer beads, we create a quiet rhythm within our spirits. The beating of our heart is a repetition as is the rhythm of our breathing. All of life has its rhythms, and the repetition of familiar prayers can bring our interior spirits into harmony with the Divine Heartbeat and the breathing of the Divine Christ.”
“You want a bit of life before it's all over. It takes all the guilt away.”
“The moon is made of a green cheese.”
“I live in jeans, mainly Wrangler and Nudie. I like them as dark blue as they'll go and tightly woven.”
“Digital living will include less and less dependence upon being in a specific place at a specific time, and the transmission of place itself will start to become possible.”
“A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.”

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