The new leaders face new tests such as how to lead in this idea-intensive, interdependent network environment

Nothing will divide this nation more than ignorance, and nothing can bring us together better than an educated population.

I remember going into Steve's [Jobs] house, and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he admired greatly, and he had a Tiffany lamp and a chair and a bed. He just didn't believe in having lots of things around, but he was incredibly careful in what he selected.

Those lessons that I got along the way are the ones that have shaped my life for the last 20 years.

In the industrial age, the CEO sat on the top of the hierarchy and didn't have to listen to anybody ... In the information age, you have to listen to the ideas of people regardless of where they are in the organization.

Microsoft's philosophy is to get it out there and fix it later. Steve [Jobs] would never do that. He doesn't get anything out there until it is perfected.

Implementers aren't considered bozos anymore