17 September 2006

John Naisbitt - Collected Quotes

"The acceleration of technological progress has created an urgent need for a counter ballast - for high-touch experience." (John Naisbitt, "Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives", 1982)

"We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge." (John Naisbitt, "Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives", 1982)

"We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed to keep track of people and the things people did; with the computer to keep track, we can restructure our institutions horizontally." (John Naisbitt, "Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives", 1982)

"We lose all intelligence by averaging." (John Naisbitt, "Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives", 1982)

"In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits." (John Naisbitt, "Re-Inventing the Corporation", 1985) 

"Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data." (John Naisbitt, "Re-Inventing the Corporation", 1985) 

"The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn." (John Naisbitt, "Re-Inventing the Corporation", 1985) 

"It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions." (John Naisbitt, "Mind Set!: Reset Your Thinking and See the Future", 2006) 

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