Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent no time hanging around the water cooler.

A thinking partner who isn't an echo chamber... How many of us dare to have such collaborators?

The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis.

Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.

A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers.