Karl Albrecht Quotes & Sayings

We are going to need organizations that are culturally equipped to adapt. They must have internal processes that are creative, generative, and productive rather than controlled, confining, and normative. In short, we must UNSHACKLE THE HUMAN BRAIN and exploit its productive potential. — Karl Albrecht

The Zen philosophy posits that 'human beings suffer' and 'the cause of suffering is desire.' The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time. — Karl Albrecht

Customer needs have an unsettling way of not staying satisfied for very long. — Karl Albrecht

Doctors who spend more time talking into their tape recorders instead of looking into the eyes of their patients. (Spare us the "HMOs only give us so much time" diatribe. Medicine is about giving scared people comfort and help for people whose pain level is matched only by their anxiety level.) — Karl Albrecht

There are only two ways to establish competitive advantage: do things better than others or do them differently. — Karl Albrecht

Old paradigms die hard, even if they don't work. — Karl Albrecht

If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations. — Karl Albrecht

You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality. — Karl Albrecht

Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal. — Karl Albrecht

In an organization of any significant size, the executives cannot create the future single-handedly. They must develop the enterprise in a constellation of teams within the overall team if they hope to bring the special talents and resources to bear on the challenge of creating superior customer value and sustaining a competitive advantage in the eyes of its customers. — Karl Albrecht

Televisions and movies have made many Americans into habitual consumers of synthetic experience-audiovisual fantasies that simply pass the time. — Karl Albrecht

Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity. — Karl Albrecht