From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.

Any company that cannot imagine the future won't be around to enjoy it.

It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.

In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

The single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.

For the first time in history we can work backward from our imagination rather than forward from our past.