Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately in a new situation.

Intelligences are enhanced when a person is engaged in activities that involve the exercise of that intelligence. It helps to have good teachers, ample resources, and personal motivation. Anyone can improve any intelligence; but it is easier to improve the intelligence if those factors are available and if you have high potential in that intelligence.

While I’ve worked on many topics and written many books, I have not abandoned my interest in multiple intelligences.

To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"

A continuing conversation with other persons, with cultural products, and with oneself, is a large part of what it means to be a human being, in our time and perhaps in all time.

Our way of managing and leading, rewarding and judging people is totally out of tune with the fact that we are all individuals.