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.

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

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.

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

This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies.

In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.

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