As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.

Win small, win early, win often.

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

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

The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.

All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.

Organizational structures of today demand too much from a few, and not much at all from everyone else.