There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best strategic decision is only an approximation - and a risk.

Teaching 23-year-olds in an MBA programme strikes me as largely a waste of time. They lack the background of experience. You can teach them skills - accounting and what have you - but you can't teach them management.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization.

Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise.

Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.