A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

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.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.

What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination

Win small, win early, win often.

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