The most important work of the executive is to identify the changes that have already happened. The important thing . . . is to exploit the changes that have already occurred and to use them as opportunities.

Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances - all kinds of dangerous alliances. Joint ventures and customer partnerings which, by the way, very few people understand.

Knowledge is power, which is why people who had it in the past often tried to make a secret of it. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not from hiding it.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

All good strategy eventually degenerates into work.