Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.
Clayton Christensen
Related Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead... JOHN P. KOTTER Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers ... BILL LEE I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary qua... EDWARD WITTEN I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theor... DAVID BAKER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skill... JIM EVANS It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical t... SAUL KRIPKE Using signaling theory, the conclusion has to be that managers of acquiring companies are using a hi... CLIVE MCDONNELL It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work ... STEVE MARTIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain... MARVIN HARRIS Gerald Jonas's book about stuttering is called 'The Disorder of Many Theories.' Back the... DAVID SHIELDS I realized that, all along, my theory was right: Make music that you want to hear, and instead of ha... NATALIA KILLS I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... CRAIG GROESCHEL In chemistry, our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk... A... JEAN-BAPTISTE DUMAS Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either... ALAN STERN I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. Whe... DENHOLM ELLIOTT It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory... MICHIO KAKU If children can't handle competition when it's necessary, or take some criticism, or never s... LZ GRANDERSON The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it's a tragic situation where players aren'... COLIN KAEPERNICK If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because... JUSTIN CRONIN Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage ... JOHN C. MAXWELL The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't kno... KATHLEEN TROIA MCFARLAND I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of t... MONTEL WILLIAMS To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore... HA-JOON CHANG One of the most interesting things about the cognitive theory is the idea that anger and interperson... DAVID D. BURNS Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the con... WALT MOSSBERG Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But... PAUL BLOOM That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot ... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable thi... NANCY GIBBS 'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different c... TATIANA MASLANY I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who are... BOB FOSSE Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's n... CARA BUONO When you look at the calculation, it's amazing that every time you try to prove or disprove time... MICHIO KAKU The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're ju... SAMUEL LARSEN Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99% of them are ... H. L. MENCKEN It's impossible to do science without faith. Sometimes scientists build theories on the premises of ... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA The internet was supposed to make this whole business of job searching rational and simple. You coul... BARBARA EHRENREICH When you're an actor, you often feel victimized - you see the end result, 'Oh, they didn'... RON HOWARD I like the anonymity, the fact that you're a stranger making strangers laugh. You aren't for... TREVOR NOAH A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't... BRIAN SELZNICK I think most people aren't really privy to how stories are developed and what stories are - make... SEAN SPICER Morality is the theory that every h uman act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them a... H. L. MENCKEN Every generation likes to think that children don't read as much as they used to when they were ... DARREN SHAN When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want yo... KATHRYN MINSHEW Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one... LA'PORSHA RENAE The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing ... JOHN LASSETER I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the... MARTIN GARRIX Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know ... HENRY MINTZBERG Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today'... JACK WELCH The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female... TAMRON HALL The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominan... LEONARD PEIKOFF I don't disagree with seeing a Rubens of a nude body, but I don't believe in a nude body in ... GINGER ROGERS The theory is based on the argument that any time one's context of time is limited, they will show t... DEREK ISAACOWITZ Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. Wh... ALBERTO SALAZAR I like being able to play women that are growing or aren't easy to love. Maybe they are really l... TAYLOUR PAIGE Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the ... DALTON TRUMBO In order to achieve a true understanding of string theory, some new idea will be required, and most ... DAVID GROSS Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if the... JIM EVANS Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under t... HENRY MINTZBERG There are a lot of people out there who are just waiting that we fail. They brought up the theory th... MARK MCGRATH The genius of guys like Lincoln and Reagan and FDR - the great communicator leaders - is that they... NEWT GINGRICH You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if ... KARY MULLIS My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they hav... LARS VON TRIER I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're n... ALAN CUMMING What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people who are the new... RON CHERNOW In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering... MICHAEL HASTINGS Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about ... JAY-Z In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers an... JAKE JOHNSON Active managers have to demonstrate that they can beat the index. Many more managers will take advan... MARK ROSENBERG Some people think that there aren't many Aboriginal actors around, and if there are, they're... DEBORAH MAILMAN I really don't like art where you need to know so much theory to understand. If the theory is re... MARINA ABRAMOVIC While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take -... JACQUE FRESCO Managers tend to blame their turnover problems on everything under the sun, while ignoring the crux ... TRAVIS BRADBERRY Obviously, as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've ma... KIM KARDASHIAN Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the... DANIEL KAHNEMAN I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for ... SHERYL SANDBERG I don't think college athletes are given enough time to really take advantage of the free educat... RICHARD SHERMAN One of the biggest challenges we face today is finding managers who can sense and respond to rapid s... MICHAEL DELL Often, some people dress something up to make it sound scientific, use scientific words, call themse... ELISE ANDREW The moon has seen many a theory come and go. MARTY RUBIN Most restaurants in most cities, including Washington, are at a sort of mid-level. They're somew... TYLER COWEN It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that... ELIZABETH PENA Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they? NICOLAS CAGE What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it.... MANAL AL-SHARIF Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're se... PARK CHAN-WOOK We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't sta... JOHN THAW We in the United States believe in the protection of minorities; we recognize the contributions that... ROBERT KENNEDY Typically in science, individual scientists make up their minds about scientific fact or theory one ... ALAN STERN The disturbing truth about science communication is that we have theories and ways of delivering mes... KYLE HILL Art and science are intrinsically the same except for one thing. The universe is in control of your ... HARRY KROTO
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MERRY CLAYTON For their planet was soaked in human tears as volatile as gasoline, and if the match struck, it woul... EMMA CLAYTON All four of the public tower companies are bidding. CLAYTON MORAN These are the days for strong men to courageously expose wrong. POWELL CLAYTON Coming to Princeton was no different than Penn State. It's just a difference in the color of the uni... STAN CLAYTON The way they wrote was really intriguing. VIRGINIA CLAYTON I am anticipating a pretty rough year. I talked to a landowner this morning who is trying to shoot a... CLAYTON WOLF Mincemeat is decidedly British in its nature and can therefore be disregarded entirely where most ci... CLAYTON SMITH I was out in the backyard catching balls. MARK CLAYTON That makes me think it went down very quickly and it would have been absolute panic on board ... (Th... RICHARD CLAYTON Tar Heel would always come through and just pound North State. But it was fun, and I think it's alwa... CLAYTON MCCULLOUGH Anytime you can hold a team to no points in a quarter you'll have a good shot to win. We were really... CLAYTON TURK Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other. CLAYTON MOORE I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for ... CLAYTON MOORE Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressi... POWELL CLAYTON I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is g... GERALD CLAYTON I've been doing this for too long to watch it slide out of my hands like that. CLAYTON LEROY Being the only qualifier from River Valley hurts a little bit. But it helps being with the Pleasant ... CLAYTON WETZEL We are going to find out who is a good manager. Everyone is a good deer manager in wet years. CLAYTON WOLF She's so versatile. She can out rebound taller people, she's a quick jumper and she has a nose for t... CORY CLAYTON You could have asked anything but that. I'll tell you how old I am. I was born in 1914. I'll let you... CLAYTON MOORE I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our... CLAYTON MOORE I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six... CLAYTON MOORE I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for ... CLAYTON MOORE Hark! I hear a white horse coming! CLAYTON MOORE He constantly worked on the growth. He was really pro-active and the lessons he taught carried over. CLAYTON DOWNING I'm appalled at those kinds of things, I think we all are, JOHN CLAYTON There's not at a hint he's ever misused his passport. CLAYTON RUBY What we've offering our colleagues in the flu business is to now mine that data themselves and to co... CLAYTON NAEVE I looked down the roster and I saw four sophomores in the starting lineup for White River. 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