Walter Wriston

United States
3 Aug 1919 // 19 Jan 2005
Banker

What I observe in our business organizations-even in our public institutions�is that after a crisis or breakdown, or after something worked really well, we don't get together and say, �Okay, what do we each think happened, and what can we learn from it?� We either take credit for it, or, if it's an error, we try to bury it as fast as we can and move on.

Interview with Scott London, U.S. National Public Radio (1996)

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