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An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it. -- Dee Hock
The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed to be perpetual. -- Charles Hodge
Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail. -- Robert Shea
And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. -- Nolan Ryan
By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check. -- Ben Horowitz
Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues. -- Jesse James Garrett
Information design addresses the organization and presentation of data: its transformation into valuable, meaningful information. -- Nathan Shedroff
I see graphic design as the organization of information that is semantically correct, syntactically consistent and pragmatically understandable. -- Massimo Vignelli
Design is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function. -- Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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