Philip M. Rosenzweig Quotes & Sayings

Any good strategy involves risk. If you think your strategy is foolproof, the fool may well be you. Execution, too, is uncertain - what works in one company with one workforce may have different results elsewhere. Chance often plays a greater role than we think, or than successful managers usually like to admit. The link between inputs and outcomes is tenuous. Bad outcomes don't always mean that managers made mistakes; and good outcomes don't always mean they acted brilliantly. — Philip M. Rosenzweig

Business is full of mysteries, but none greater than this: What really works? — Philip M. Rosenzweig

In fact, for all the secrets and formulas, for all the self-proclaimed thought leadership, success in business is as elusive as ever. — Philip M. Rosenzweig

They have to say SOMETHING. Maria Bartiromo can't exactly look into the camera and say that the Dow is down half a percent today because of random Brownian motion. — Philip M. Rosenzweig

The answer to the question What really works? is simple: Nothing really works, at least not all the time. That's not the nature of the business world. But that insight, however accurate, isn't of much comfort. Management — Philip M. Rosenzweig