38 Quotes by David Kelley

The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you're trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing - building empathy for the people that you're entrusted to help.

Consciously or not, we feel and internalize what the space tells us about how to work. When you walk into most offices, the space tells you that it's meant for a group of people to work alone. Closed-off desks sprout off of lonely hallways, and in a few obligatory conference rooms a huge table ensures that people are safely separated from one another.

Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.

Mike made an accusation in closed session, and Dr. Thompson replied,

Casting is a very inexact process. What we were missing on this show was the office politic.

If I was in Dr. Thompson's shoes, I might have found the comment Mike made offensive as well.

If a knife is plunged into someone's sternum, you pay attention. But for shows that don't depend on violence or melodramatic scenes, it's tougher to compete in a six-act show than in four acts, or in 41 minutes instead of 45 minutes.

He has no agenda. He looks at the facts, uncovers the facts and goes where the facts lead him.

He was just one of those really larger-than-life folks. He was so successful because he valued loyalty and played by the rules.