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.

Leaders grow; they are not made.

Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.

We have tried to substitute mass for purpose. We have tried to regain military potency of defense by making it gigantic, unwieldy, complex. It never works.

Most leaders don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.

The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business.

What we are good at comes easy, and we believe that unless it comes hard, it can't be very good.