The healthier a new venture and the faster it grows, the more financial feeding it requires.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

We've spent the last 30 years focusing on the T in IT, and we'll spend the next 30 years focusing on the I.

Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.

The real development I've seen of people in organizations, especially in big ones, comes from their being volunteers in a nonprofit organization - where you have responsibility, you see results, and you quickly learn what your values are. There is no better way to understand your strengths and discover where you belong than to volunteer in a nonprofit. That is probably the great opportunity for the social sector - and especially in its relationship to business.

The manager who comes up with the right solution to the wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who comes up with the wrong solution to the right problem.

Important decisions are risky. They should be controversial. Acclamation means that nobody has done the homework.