I've been seeing the change. It's been steady. It's been more controlled than people think. And my own belief is that China knows it also needs to be part of the world, and that it needs to be able to have trade with Europe and the United States in order to house and feed a billion people. That's really kind of single-mindedly what they see their role as being.

The best thing you can give as a leader is a reason to trust. People want to trust. They're hungry for it. But they're selective. They'll only give it to a motivator, a communicator, a teacher, a real person. Someone who in good times and bad always does the right thing.

And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people.

Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things.

Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.

Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.

It's the sustained ability to change that really counts.