Graham Winter > Quotes

“Nimble consistently beats ‘inflexible’ because it learns, innovates and adapts faster and better in a volatile world, and it reliably trounces ‘undisciplined’ because it finds the right place between opportunity and risk. The most powerful way to prepare yourself, your team and your organisation to survive and thrive in a fast, unpredictable, competitive and complex world is to ‘first be nimble’ — in other words, to first develop the capability and resilience to adapt.”
― Graham Winter, First Be Nimble: A Story About How to Adapt, Innovate and Perform in a Volatile Business World

“I believe the single most important management concept that has emerged in the past fifteen years is this distinction between technical and adaptive challenges.”
― Graham Winter, Think One Team: The Revolutionary 90 Day Plan that Engages Employees, Connects Silos and Transforms Organisations