Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.

Win small, win early, win often.

There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize.

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

In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.