Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?

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

Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources

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.

A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he likes and get away with it; or else he has to be a true empowerer who can bring out the best in others.