In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.

In the age of revolution it is not knowledge that produces new wealth, but insight - insight into opportunities for discontinuous innovation. Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination. You must become your own seer.

In the long term the most important question for a company is not what you are but what you are becoming.

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

Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.

The goal is not to speculate on what might happen, but to imagine what you can make happen.