The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.

Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

You can't be all things to all people.

The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

Businesses must reconnect company success with social progress. Shared value is not social responsibility, philanthropy, or even sustainability, but a new way to achieve economic success. It is not on the margin of what companies do but at the center. We believe that it can give rise to the next major transformation of business thinking.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.