Since we live in an age of innovation, a practical education must prepare a man for work that does not yet exist and cannot yet be clearly defined.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

The fewer data needed, the better the information. And an overload of information, that is, anything much beyond what is truly needed, leads to information blackout. It does not enrich, but impoverishes.

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.

Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the map in terms of their personalities, attitudes, values, strengths, and weaknesses.

Business purpose and business mission are so rarely given adequate thought is perhaps the most important cause of business frustration and failure.

The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.