The right thing to do is to thank them for their work, let people know that they're moving on, and ... you don't really have to explain all their personal details. It's more important to leave them with their dignity... and let them go on to live another day. Remember, what you say at that meeting, that's their reputation.

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

You can take somebody's job, you have to take their job, but you don't have to take their dignity.

When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.

Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.