Keith Trnka

“To get acceptable quality at the lowest cost, it is vitally important to reject defective material at a stage where its accumulated value is at the lowest possible level. Thus, as noted, we are better off catching a bad raw egg than a cooked one, and screening out our college applicant before he visits Intel. In short, reject before investing further value.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management

“The output of a manager is the output of the organizational units under his or her supervision or influence.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management

“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say “yes” to one thing you are inevitably saying “no” to another.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management

“We must recognize that no amount of formal planning can anticipate changes such as globalization and the information revolution we’ve referred to above. Does that mean that you shouldn’t plan? Not at all. You need to plan the way a fire department plans. It cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an energetic and efficient team that is capable of responding to the unanticipated as well as to any ordinary event.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management