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

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

Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

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

Our biggest challenge is how to create a self-renewing company.

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.

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.