No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.

Focus on opportunities, not problems.

Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence.

Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.