Edgar Schein Quotes
How does one produce a climate in which people will speak up, bring up information that is safety related, and even correct superiors or those of higher status when they are about to make a mistake?
Quotes to Explore
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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Politics ruins the character.
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We want to free our citizens from the burden of excessive paper documents in every office. We want paperless transactions. We will set up a digital locker for every citizen to store personal documents that can be shared across departments.
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During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know.
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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
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You can over analyze anything. I constantly have to tell myself, 'Sabrina, stop thinking.' There are people who are just analytical. It's part of your gene makeup, or too much caffeine.
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I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first guitar and started writing songs.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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I don't concern myself too much about calories and fat.
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I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.
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Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.
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How does one produce a climate in which people will speak up, bring up information that is safety related, and even correct superiors or those of higher status when they are about to make a mistake?
