Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.
The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won't survive.
We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.
Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all.