I guarantee you it will not be anyone from the outside.

Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant.

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

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.

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.