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Jorge Arango

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The Most Meaningful Way to Differentiate Your Company

Quote | August 14, 2020 | Jorge Arango

“The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd, is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.”

— Bill Gates

Laying Foundations First

Quote | May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 | Jorge Arango

“He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.”

– Machiavelli, The Prince (1513)

Closed and Open Systems

Quote | April 19, 2020 | Jorge Arango

“Closed systems can hold a pose well enough, but open systems can dance.”

– Steve Grand

Facts Are Stubborn Things

Quote | April 3, 2020 | Jorge Arango

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

— John Adams

The Politics of Innovation

Quote | March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 | Jorge Arango

“The innovator, or designer, or planner acts politically in all cases where he is producing essential innovation — even though he may not know it — though he should!”

— Horst Rittel

The Name of the Bird

Quote | December 29, 2019 | Jorge Arango

“The day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again.”

— Krishnamurti

The Capital and the Village

Quote | November 26, 2019 | Jorge Arango

“The capital has its order, the village its customs.”

— Javanese proverb

The Idea That Information Can Be Stored

Quote | November 10, 2019 | Jorge Arango

“The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation in its value is false.”

— Norbert Wiener (1950)

The Business of Making Something

Quote | September 25, 2019 | Jorge Arango

“If you’re in the business of making something, be in the business of making something great.”

— Bob Iger

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