John Naisbitt

“The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.”

“High tech must be accompanied by high touch.”

“The gee-whiz futurists are always wrong because they believe technological innovation travels in a straight line. It doesn't. It weaves and bobs and lurches and sputters.”

“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.”

“The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.”

“Trends, like horses, are easier to ride in the direction they are already going.”

“The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many.”

“Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.”

“Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.”

“In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life.”

“We are moving from a manager who is supposed to have all the answers to a manager who is supposed to have all the questions.”

“The bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest players.”

“Leaders must be compassionate. The old-style, brutal boss is a thing of the past.”

“The world is in the midst of a huge transformation, which is on the scale of the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution.”

“Entrepreneurs and innovators are the true heroes of the new economy.”

“Strategic thinking is no-frills thinking. It's about cutting through the clutter to the heart of the matter. It's about seeing the bigger picture.”