Dale Dauten

“The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”

“A meeting is a place where you keep the minutes and lose the hours.”

“If you want to be creative, don't try to do something new. Instead, do something old in a new way.”

“The first rule of management is that people are not going to do what you tell them to do. They are going to do what they see you doing.”

“The difference between a job and a career is the difference between a paycheck and a passion.”

“The purpose of a goal is not to be reached. It is to be pursued.”

“You can't learn anything from a mistake until you admit you've made it.”

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”

“Experiments are the currency of innovation.”

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.”

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”

“Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure.”

“The secret to success is to be like a duck: calm on the surface, but paddling like crazy underneath.”

“The best managers don't manage. They lead.”