That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports.

It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.

The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation.

Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day in surgical school?

Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making between the two.