Patrick Dixon vs. Henry Ford
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Patrick Dixon
1907 – 1987
Patrick Dixon MBE is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist, and chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd. He has been ranked as one of the world’s 20 most influential management thinkers alive today.. He is also founder of the AIDS charity ACET.
"Listen to your customers but don't believe what they say - they know even less about the future than you."
Henry Ford
Unknown dates
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.
"The bankers who do straight banking should regard themselves as naturally the first men to probe and understand our monetary system—instead of being content wit…"
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