https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:39:40 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/smithburg-william/10738/ https://wist.info/smithburg-william/10738/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:14:56 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=10738 There isn’t one senior manager in this company who hasn’t been associated with a product that flopped. That includes me.  It’s like learning to ski.  If you aren’t falling down, you’re not learning.

William D. Smithburg (b. 1938) American businessman
(Attributed)

Smithburg was chairman of Quaker Oats.  In Bennis and Nanus, "Leading Others, Managing Yourself," Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge (1985)

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