Jason

“Richard and his senior executives now devised a cunning strategy, which they outlined in a series of emails. If the true personality of oxycodone was misunderstood by America’s doctors, the company would not correct that misunderstanding. Instead, they would exploit it.”
― Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

“That would be a very painful road. Many noses would get out of joint. It would be better to win people over to this point of view rather than force them over.” “Right,” I said. “You would only take all those painful steps if it were really important to get action on this concept. Only if it were really important.”
― Richard P. Rumelt, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: THE BESTSELLING BUSINESS CLASSIC: The Difference and Why It Matters

“But we British: well, we tend to favour the attitude brilliantly summarized in a recent popular work of sociology: ‘What do we want? Gradual change! When do we want it? In due course!”
― Tom Wright, Acts for Everyone Part 2

“If you can’t resist the urge to include your most brilliant ideas in the process, then you can include them in your prework. Write all of your best ideas in a giant document, delete it, and never mention any of them again. Now that those ideas are out of your head, your head is cleared for the work ahead.”
― Will Larson, Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track