Jim Collins Quotes from Denver Post

Today's Denver Post covers a presentation by Boulder-native Jim Collins, who wrote "Good to Great" and "Built to Last":

Read the article here.

"Best-selling author, Colorado native and consultant Jim Collins on what separates the great from the merely good in business, nonprofits and other endeavors:

"Disciplined people who engage in disciplined thought and disciplined action."

"What are the brutal facts? We've got to get a grip on the facts, what are the trends, what are the trendlines, how bad is it? Get a grip on the facts."

"Obsessive use of data. I hope you will fall in love with data."

"The good is the enemy of great."

"Business leaders need to become more like legislators (in a situation where power is dispersed). ... The ability to lead when you don't have the power is what those in the social sector have had to do."

"Good intentions are no excuse for incompetence." (paraphrasing Peter Drucker)

"Get the wrong people off the bus, and get the right people in the right seats." "

Comments

[manny]

Do you know that Collins/Porras has just launched a sequel to Built to Last and Good to Great?

See http://800ceoread.com/blog/archives/006440.html

[Bryce Wilkinson]

Community First Foundation is presenting Good to Great & the Social Sectors, featuring best-selling business author Jim Collins.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO, $75/ticket. To learn more and purchase tickets, go to the www.CommunityFirstFoundation.org home page, or call 720.898.5900.