Zitate von Thomas J. Watson
Thomas J. Watson
Geburtstag: 17. Februar 1874
Todesdatum: 19. Juni 1956
Thomas John Watson, Sr. war ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer und bis 1956 Vorstandsvorsitzender von IBM. Er war einer der reichsten Männer seiner Zeit und wurde bei seinem Tod als der weltbeste Verkäufer bezeichnet. Die unter seiner Leitung bei IBM eingeführten Organisationsmethoden beeinflussten Generationen von Managern. Wikipedia
Zitate Thomas J. Watson
Actually a remark by Nicholas Murray Butler.
Quoted by Watson in comments about "Think" and attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler - IBM Archives: Comments on "THINK" - Transcript https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/think_trans.html
Misattributed
Quelle: American Dental Association (1959) The Journal of the American Dental Association. Vol 59. p. 289.
Attributed to Watson in: Georg Blair, Sandy Meadows (1996) A Real-Life Guide to Organizational Change. p. 117.
Watson (1939) in: American druggist Vol 100. p. 40.
Attributed to Watson in: William G. Dickerson (1995) In search of the ultimate practice. p. 19.
„A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps.“
Quelle: Garg, Anu, A Word A Day, Wordsmith, 2016.02.17
„I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.“
Often dated to 1943. Thorough research of Watson's writings and statements have produced no example of him saying this. It appears to be a corruption of a remark by Howard Aiken that four or five computers could meet all of the United Kingdom's computing needs. See Ralph Keyes (2006), The Quote Verifier.
Misattributed
„If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.“
Attributed to Watson in: Roger von Oech (1982), A Whack on the Side of the Head and Industrial participation (1987) Nr 594-603. p. 262.
