If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.

Most companies don't die because they are wrong; they die because they don't commit themselves. They fritter away their momentum and their valuable resources while attempting to make a decision. The greatest danger is standing still.

If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.

What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and masses of unemployed?

Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on the other side of the world. But every day, technology narrows that moat inch by inch. Every person in the world is on the verge of becoming both a coworker and a competitor to every one of us ... Technological change is going to reach out and sooner or later change something fundamental in your business world.

Activity is not output.

Assume any career move you make won't go smoothly. They won't. But don't look back.