Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.

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

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

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

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

I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors.