Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information.
The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.
Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.
The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.
We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.
Freedom has invented every useful machine, from the lowest to the highest, from the simplest to the most complex.
The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.