New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works...images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. That is why the discipline of managing mental models - surfacing, testing, and improving our internal pictures of how the world works - promises to be a major breakthrough for learning organizations.

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

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

If there is genuine potential for growth, build capacity in advance of demand, as a strategy for creating demand. Hold the vision, especially as regards assessing key performance and evaluating whether capacity to meet potential demand is adequate.

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.

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.

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