Quick and Nimble Quotes

“[That] speaks to one of the most important roles of a leader; to boil down an organization's many priorities into a simple plan, so that employees can remember it, internalize it, and act on it.”
― Adam Bryant, Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation - Insights from The Corner Office

“As the old-school approach of command-and-control leadership fades, companies in all industries will inevitably move in the same direction as these tech firms, and try to tap into the deeper passions of employees.”
― Adam Bryant, Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation

“We think about our values in pairs, and there is a tension or a balance between them. We talk about listening and leadership; accountability and generosity; humility and audacity. You’ve got to have the humility to see the world as it is—and in our world, working with poor communities, that’s not easy to do—but have the audacity to know why you are trying to make it be different, to imagine the way it could be.”
― Adam Bryant, Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation