I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.
Execution is the job of the business leader.
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.
If you don't have the best people you hurt everyone.
People tend to look at their businesses from the inside out - that is, they get so focused on making and selling their products that they lose awareness of the needs and buying behaviors of their customers.