One way of building private foresight out of public data is looking where others aren't ... if you want to see the future, go to an industry confab and get the list of what was talked about. Then ask, "What did people never talk about?" That's where you're going to find opportunity.

Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty.

I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

We like to believe we can break strategy down to Five Forces or Seven Ss. But you can't. Strategy is extraordinarily emotional and demanding.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.