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“It is often said that a wrong decision taken at the right time is better than a right decision taken at the wrong time.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile

“The art of decision making includes the art of questioning.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“Learning agility means to learn, de-learn, and relearn all the times.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile

“The science of decision-making is to make sure there is an effective decision process in place.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“Sense and deal with problems in their smallest state, before they grow bigger and become fatal.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards

“Critical Thinking is not automatic thinking. It takes extra effort to think critically.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Digital Rules

“Both the art of intuition and the science of analytics have the role to play in making wise decisions.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“Decision making is an art only until the person understands the science.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking; the science of questioning is to frame system thinking, with the progressive pursuit of better solutions.”
― Pearl Zhu, Leadership Master: Five Digital Trends to Leap Leadership Maturity

“Self-discipline is nothing but self-consciousness.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“A positive mind reflects many of the Sun’s characteristics: brightness, nourishment, and vibrance.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“The “result” of micromanagement is perhaps tangible in the short run, but more often causes damage for the long term.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight: Change as an Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation

“Silo builds the wall in people’s minds and creates the barrier in organizations’ “hearts.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards

“Coherence improves business flow; resilience makes business robust and anti-fragile.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Hybridity

“Group Thinking” or lack of courage to ask the tough and strategic questions is the chief weakness on Boards today.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards

“Learning a new language, just like opening a new window, allows you to see the world with intimacy.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“One of the reasons to see improved productivity in Agile is because of the simplicity principle.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile

“Setting the right priorities or having superior time management skill means knowing the difference between “must have,” and “nice to have.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“Critical Thinking is also called structured thinking.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Digital Rules

“Selecting the right measure and measuring things right are both art and science. And KPIs influence management behavior as well as business culture.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master: Unleash the Digital Potential of It

“Having healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles - increased perspective, less prejudgment, and looking at things from different angles.”
― Pearl Zhu, 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices

“Decision makers with emotional excellence have the ability to dispassionately examine alternatives via fact finding, analysis, structured planning, objective evaluations, and comparison.”
― Pearl Zhu, Decision Master: The Art and Science of Decision Making

“Critical Thinking brings insight into the situation.”
― Pearl Zhu, 100 Digital Rules

“The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future.”
― Pearl Zhu, Leadership Master: Five Digital Trends to Leap Leadership Maturity

“The quality of assessors is critical to the quality of the assessment result.”
― Pearl Zhu, Quality Master

“The paradox is the result of two opposing truths existing side by side, which can be both right.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“An adaptive mind has better learning capability.”
― Pearl Zhu, Thinkingaire: 100 Game Changing Digital Mindsets to Compete for the Future

“The simplicity and the complexity are just the opposite ends of the same spectrum.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Gaps: Bridging Multiple Gaps to Run Cohesive Digital Business

“The business or societal progress is made via a healthy cycle of problem framing and problem-solving continuum.”
― Pearl Zhu, Problem Solving Master: Frame Problems Systematically and Solve Problem Creatively