American - Businessman | January 15, 1929 -
Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.
John Naisbitt
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The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.
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Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
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In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.
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We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
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Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up.
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Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.
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I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a taboo to even talk about homosexuality, to the sanction by governments of homosexual marriage. Few such large social considerations have ever before been turned over in such a short time.
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In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.
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The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.
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Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are going.
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We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed it to keep track of people and things people did; with the computer to keep track, we can restructure our institutions horizontally.
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