WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 23 May 2026 14:55:40 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg quantify – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Ackoff, Russell -- A little book of f-laws: 13 common sins of management (2006) https://wist.info/ackoff-russell/29041/ https://wist.info/ackoff-russell/29041/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:48:27 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=29041 Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure. For example, those who want a high quality of work life but don’t know how to measure it, often settle for wanting a high standard of living because they can measure it.


Russell L. Ackoff (1919-2009) American organizational theorist, consultant, management scientist
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