Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have to do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow?

Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

Our job in life is to make a positive difference, not prove we're right.

Most innovators are successful to the extent to which they define risks and confine them.