If you're not in Germany, you're not in Europe. And if you're not in Asia, you're nowhere.

All of management is about self-confidence

The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.

If you reward candor, you'll get it.

Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making.

Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices about how to compete. You cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep its pockets.

When the amount of change externally exceeds the amount of change internally, the end is in sight.