Planning is actually incompatible with an entrepreneurial society and economy. Planning is the kiss of death of entrepreneurship.

The person who will make the greatest contribution to a company is the mature person-and you cannot have maturity if you have no life or interest outside the job.

Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze.

Almost everybody today believes that nothing in economic history has ever moved as fast as, or had a greater impact than, the Information Revolution. But the Industrial Revolution moved at least as fast in the same time span, and had probably an equal impact if not a greater one.

The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.