In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.

In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.

The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.

I'm a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don't even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am.

Listening is not a skill; it is a discipline.

Inside an organization there are only cost centers. The only profit center is a customer whose check has not bounced.

The most important decisions in organizations are people decisions, and yet only the military, and only recently, has begun to ask, "If we assign this general to lead this base, what do we expect him to accomplish?"