Saturday, April 22, 2006

Darden Quotes

  • "We asked them to reach the other side of the lake, but we didn't tell them how to do it." - Danaher employee during company visit
  • "I continue while you think about it." - Brandt Allen
  • "A sign with 'Cat' on my dog, doesn't make it a 'cat'." - Brandt Allen
  • "How did you know to do it in this way." - Favorite quote of a student from Elliot Weiss
  • "If you haven't tried it - how do you know it doesn't work?" - Danaher guys
  • S-I-P-O-C = Supplier, Inputs, Process, Output, Customer - Consultant in Operations class
  • "Experience is seeing things that other people don't see" - Brandt Allen
  • "Poka-Yoke" - A process that is so designed that it cannot fail.
  • "I'm not so much investing in the horse as in the jockey." - Private Equity Investor

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Pirat vs. Navy

Steve Jobs once said: "I'd rather be a pirat than work for the Navy!"

Reputation & Character

The 1957 alumni class said: "Reputation is how you are seen by others, character is how you are seen in front of yourself."