Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning.

We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.

[Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visions that focus energy effectively often address immediate problems. What matters is engagement in the service of a larger purpose rather than lofty aspirations that paralyze action. Indeed, it's a dangerous trap to believe that we can pursue onlhy "great visions."

When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to.

Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.