James G. March Quotes & Sayings

Intelligence normally entails two interrelated but somewhat different components. The first involves effective adaptation to an environment. — James G. March

They [human beings] are unwilling to gamble that God made those people who are skilled at rational argumentation uniquely virtuous. They protect themselves and others from cleverness by obscuring their preferences. — James G. March

I am not now, nor I have ever been, relevant. — James G. March

If a manager asks an academic consultant what to do and that consultant answers, then the consultant should be fired. No academic has the experience to know the context of a managerial problem well enough to give specific advice about a specific situation. — James G. March

No organization works if the toilets don't work, but I don't believe that finding solutions to business problems is my job. — James G. March