| The fervid search for the big idea distracts too many people from recognizing that organizations are transformed more deeply and continuously by the relentless pursuit of small ideas. |
(from "The Little Ideas That Could" by Donald Winkler, New York Times (14 Jun 1998); cf. CommonUnderstanding (8 Oct 1999), BuckMantras (13 Apr 2001), MissionStatement (2 Nov 2001), ProjectManagementProverbs (2 Jun 2002), FearlessLeaders (27 Aug 2003), ProjectManagement101 (16 Jan 2005), HareBrainTortoiseMind (3 Jun 2005), ...) --- Datetag20051212
(correlates: PrimeDirective, ThisSide, GungHoPrinciples, ...)