John Naisbitt
John Naisbitt
John Naisbittis an American author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. His first book Megatrends was published in 1982. It was the result of almost ten years of research. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for two years, mostly as No. 1. Megatrends was published in 57 countries and sold more than 14 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth15 January 1929
CountryUnited States of America
John Naisbitt quotes about
commitment best-kept-secrets america
One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so.
lawyer beavers mainstream
Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up.
embedded
The future is embedded in the present.
art mistake medicine
In sales, as in medicine, a prescription before diagnosis is a mistake in the arts.
thinking
Think globally, act locally, think tribally, act universally.
expectations revolutionary speed
Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary... expectations always travel at higher speeds.
america parades findings
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it; what is happening in America is that those parades are getting smaller and smaller - and there are many more of them.
spiritual technology race
We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.
information conclusion humans
It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions.
country government entrepreneur
...countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development.
people quality seems
In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.
education country numbers
The economic borderlines of our world will not be drawn between countries, but around Economic Domains. Along the twin paths of globalization and decentralization, the economic pieces of the future are being assembled in a new way. Not what is produced by a country or in a country will be of importance, but the production within global Economic Domains, measured as Gross Domain Products. The global market demands a global sharing of talent. The consequence is Mass Customization of Talent and education as the number one economic priority for all countries
wisdom data intuition
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.
order leader giver
The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.