libro ni thomas friedman (the world is flat)

some excerpts

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"the pie keeps growing because things that look like wants today are needs tomorrow" -- marc andreessen, netscape co-founder

"People are always assuming that everything that is going to be invented must have been invented already. But it hasn't. "-- thomas friedman, the world is flat

"It used to be about what you were able to do. Clients would say, 'Can you do this? Can you do that?' Now, it's much more about the creative flair and personality you can bring to [the assignment]...It's all about imagination." -- ken greer, greer & associates

"One thing that tells me a company is in trouble is when they tell me how good they were in the past. Same with countries. You don't want to forget your identity. I am glad you were great in the fourteenth century, but that was then and this is now. When memories exceed dreams, the end is near. The hallmark of a truly successful organization is the willingness to abandon what made it successful and start fresh." -- michael hammer, business organization consultant (from thomas friedman book, world is flat)

"The answer for us lies not in what has changed, but in recognizing what has not changed. Because only through this recognition will we begin to focus on the truly critical issues." --david rothkopf, former commerce department official and fellow at carnegie endowment for international peace

"We had to go through a crisis to accept the need for reform" -- bassem awadallah, jordanian minister of planning

"People don't change when you tell them there is a better option. They change when they conclude that they have no other option." --michael mandelbaum, johns hopkins foreign affairs professor