Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.

The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.

What is the most powerful force in the world? And I think you would agree that is a big idea if it is in the hands of an entrepreneur who is actually going to make the idea not only happen, but spread all across society. And we understand that in business but we have need for entrepreneurship just as much in education, human rights, health, and the environment as we do in hotels and steel.

Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact

What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems ... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it you'll find an answer.

Listening is understanding. The skill of empathy is a must to be able to listen...One can listen better if one sees the whole.