The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. -Peter Drucker Technology
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. -Peter Drucker Strength
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. -Peter Drucker Leadership
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.' -Peter Drucker Computers
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. -Peter Drucker Business
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. -Peter Drucker Work
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach. -Peter Drucker Teacher
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. -Peter Drucker Learning
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got. -Peter Drucker Work
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. -Peter Drucker Business
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands. -Peter Drucker Trust
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. -Peter Drucker Knowledge
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. -Peter Drucker Change
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. -Peter Drucker Knowledge
