Если Красные организации — это стаи волков, то для Янтарной стадии подходит другая метафора: в хорошей организации все заведено, как в армии. Внутри жесткой иерархии должна существовать очевидная субординация, формализованные внутренние процессы и четкие правила, кто что делает.

Сознательно или нет, лидеры выстраивают структуры, внутренние процессы и культуру так, чтобы это имело смысл для них, чтобы отвечало способу, которым они взаимодействуют с миром.

Если Конкурентная Оранжевая модель смотрит на организации как на машины, то основная метафора Плюралистической Зеленой модели — семья. Послушайте лидеров Зеленых организаций, и вы обязательно заметите, как часто это сравнение звучит в той или иной форме: сотрудники — одна семья

Двадцать лет мы играем в эту игру, гоняясь за успехом. А потом понимаем, что до вершины не добраться или что вершина — совсем не то, что нам нужно.

Янтарное «отдавать распоряжение и контролировать исполнение» превратилось в Оранжевое «предвидеть изменения и контролировать ситуацию»,

церковь, армия, школа -примеры Янтарных организаций. Живое воплощение Оранжевых — крупные международные корпорации. Выберите любой известный современный бренд, скажем, Walmart и вы, скорее всего, попадете на организацию, структура, внутренние процессы и культура которой вдохновлены Оранжевым

Современные представители Красных организаций — это уличные банды и мафия.

Тот, кто чувствует себя в Янтарной организации плохо и решает уйти, проходит через болезненный процесс отказа от старой нормы и освоения новой.

Если внутри организации существуют границы и барьеры, то от окружающего мира организацию отделяет настоящий крепостной ров.

Генеральскую форму невозможно спутать с лейтенантской или формой рядового даже издали.

Янтарных организациях изобретены, формализованы и распространены использование титулов, рангов и униформы для подкрепления идентификации

Эпоха интернета ускорила появление новой картины мира, в которой предусмотрено распределенное управление вместо нисходящей иерархии.

'Grace' is basically a death prayer. Not something of sorrow, but of just casting away any fear of death. No relief will come - you really just have to stew in your life until it's time to go. But sometimes, somebody else's faith in you can do wonders.

Pace judgement is everything in the hour record. If you can ride 16.1 or 16.2-second laps constantly for 221 laps, and not go 15.9s or 16.4s, it's keeping it on the line every lap, lap after lap.

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.

Naturally, obviously, nudity is a part of life.

People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.

Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight the Great Depression with the same resolve he would muster against a foreign foe, were aimed at reassuring Americans.

I am dying to do an action movie. I can do my own stunts; I can do this.

The Commonwealth is one of three belts I want to win before going for a world title.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

Seek home for rest, for home is best.

A legend is an old man with a cane.

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.

Of course I went and got 'Breaking Dawn' at midnight the night it came out and read it instantly. I was like, 'Yes!'

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

Being open to what's happening in front of you is the most important thing about being a director. To allow the magic to exist and to be light enough on your feet to harness it as it's happening. That's what makes cinema interesting.

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.

I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry at the Bush administration; I'm angry at the right wing media. And by that I don't mean the media is right wing. I mean, there is a part of the media that's not the mainstream media. That's Fox, that is 'The Wall Street Journal' editorial page.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's.

There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.

Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.