"Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing problems that interact with each other. I call such situations messes. Problems are extracted from messes by analysis. Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes."

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Source : "Thinking in Systems: a Primer" by Donella Meadows, (p. 1), 2008.

Russell L. Ackoff

#Independent Quotes #Risk Quotes #Analysis Quotes

“How far back does one's memory of someone go?”

Source : Kyung-Sook Shin (2011). “Please Look After Mom”, p.15, Vintage
“Your sweet spot is in between the true believers and the scoffing skeptics....”
“I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.”

Source : Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2007). “Dairy Queen”, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.”

Source : "'Gun Culture' - What About the 'Fatherless Culture'?" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 17, 2013.
“It strikes me as a sound, honest statement for a prospective voter to say: 'Look, I haven't given this election a minute's thought, and it's just not fair for me to cancel out the vote of someone who actually gives a damn.' Indeed, it's not just sound and honest - it's the ethically responsible thing to do.”
“Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.”
“It's hard to be objective about your own work.”
“God is preparing His Church to become an invincible, unstoppable, unconquerable, overcoming Army of the Lord that subdues everything under Christ's feet. There will be a sovereign restorational move of God to activate all that is needed for His army to be and do what He had eternally purposed.”

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