Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.

Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. The new project is an infant and will remain one for the foreseeable future, and infants belong in the nursery. The 'adults', that is, the executives in charge of existing businesses or products will have neither the time nor understanding for the infant.

If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.

Far too much reorganization goes on all the time. Organizitis is like a spastic colon.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

Leadership is more doing than dash.

With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.