Arie de Geus

[Eric Lilius]

Found these quotes on a website at Rutgers U
http://www.neld.rutgers.edu/scrapbook0598.html
as well as others on visions, and mission statements

Characteristics of a long-lived organization

Sensitive to its environment
Able to learn and adapt
Cohesion, identity
Able to build a community and an organizational persona
Tolerance & decentralization
Building constructive relationships with other entities
Conservative financing
Governing its growth & evolution effectively

The Living Company  Harvard Business School Press, 1997

Living companies have a personality that allows them to evolve harmoniously.
They . . .
know who they are
understand how they fit in the world
value new ideas and new people
husband their money in a way that allows them to govern their future.

– Arie De Geus, "The Living Company

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Eric Lilius
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"The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great
political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power;
and the growth of propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against
democracy. "

Alex Carey

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