Innovation is the fuel for growth. When a company runs out of innovation, it runs out of growth.

Alan Kay's famous aphorism is that perspective is worth 80 IQ points. An innovative insight is not the product of an individual's brilliance. It's not as if innovators' heads are wired in different ways. Innovation typically comes from looking at the world through a slightly different lens.

Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

You can't use an old map to see a new land.

Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.

I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.

It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.