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.

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

Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important but today they are more crucial than ever.

I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.

Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.

The value of your network is the square of the number of people in it.