Our behavior is driven by a fundamental core belief: the desire, and the ability, of an organization to continuously learn from any source, anywhere; and to rapidly convert this learning into action is its ultimate competitive advantage.

What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.

I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Without doubt, there are lots of ways to measure the pulse of a business. But if you have employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow right, you can be sure your company is healthy and on the way to winning.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.