Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.

The Industrial Age is not sustainable. Its not sustainable in ecological terms, and its not sustainable in human terms.

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.

In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.