D. Quinn Mills

D. Quinn Mills

Consultant; Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

Daniel Quinn Mills is the Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus.  His tenure at Harvard lasted from 1976 to 2007.  He consults with major corporations and governments and lectures about management, leadership, strategy, economics and geopolitics.   He is an expert on the differences between Asian and Western leadership styles.  An American, Mills is also a member of the Innovation Council of Malaysia, a ministry level council chaired by the Prime Minister.

Mills has been interested in early stage businesses and as a director and investor has helped develop several firms.   He has been a director of a publicly listed company, chairing its audit committee for several years.  A thought leader, Mills has written books on leadership, geo-politics, investments, capital markets, business strategy, network organizations, demographics, marketing, empowerment, and union relations.  His most recent book is Master of Illusions:  Presidential Leadership, Strategic Independence and America’s Public Culture, published in 2007 by Cambridge University Press.   The book explores America’s role in the world in the aftermath of the second Iraqi War.

Widely and often quoted as well as seen in the national media, Mills has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, and been quoted in articles in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Business Week.  He is a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources.

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How can I be a little less hypocritical?
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We need to clean up our act, says Mills.
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Lidia Bastianch thinks we will look back on this age as one when the culinary experience was rediscovered.
People will be healthier and have many more opportunities than we do today, says Mills.
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America is much more unstable than anyone realizes, says Mills.
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We need to recapture the spirit of individuality, says Mills.
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The U.S must reconceptualize its role in the world, Mills says.
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Mills never reads or listens except critically.
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We were an isolated, blank page of human history, says Mills.
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A combination of human impulse and human innovation have shaped us, says Mills.
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Religion, Mills says, is the only secure foundation for ethical and moral behavior.
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“I believe that the most important things are the service that you provide to others.”
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Only the entrepreneurs are teaching us the important business lessons.
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The Bible still hasn’t gone out of fashion in the US, Mills says.
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The possibility of getting the human race off this planet inspires Mills.
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Mills talks about guiding the American economy through the Vietnam War.
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We are seeing two opposing trends, Mills says: more people pursuing higher education, while the population becomes less educated.