If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.
Strategy is not a lengthy action plan. It is the evolution of a central idea through continually changing circumstances.
When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.
Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.
Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.
You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.