"A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well."

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Source : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 58), 1968.

Anthony Stafford Beer

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“Screw up my life?" He stared at me for a second and then said, deadpan, "I'm a five-foot-three, thirty-seven-year-old, single, Jewish medical examiner who needs to pick up his lederhosen from the dry cleaners so that he can play in a one-man polka band at Oktoberfest tomorrow." He pushed up his glasses with his forefinger, folded his arms, and said, "Do your worst.”
“Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.”
“There is nothing special in the world. nothing magic. just physics.”
“We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.”
“All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.”
“Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, Duncan Browne, Judee Sill, Sublime Frequencies releases, Ali Farka Touré, John Fahey, Flower Travellin' Band, Sagittarius, Toumani Diabaté, Philip Glass, lots of different stuff.”
“Education should not be fun. You are being brought up into society and society has a way of doing things. It may not be pleasant but sooner or later you are going to have to do it anyway.”
“I love to relax. It's my favorite thing in the world. I am very good at being like a grandma and staying in and watching Game of Thrones or a movie. I think I could do that every night.”

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