Companies pay too much attention to the cost of doing something. They should worry more about the cost of not doing it.

Poor firms ignore their competitors; average firms copy their competitors; winning firms lead their competitors.

The key solution is to invest in innovation and entrepreneurship within the company. Reducing waste - although probably not eliminating it - and do so at all levels of government would probably generate the capital needed. Alas, that will probably not happen because it makes too much sense.

There is much work to do to protect forests from over-timbering and oceans and lakes from over-fishing. We need to encourage and reward companies that create jobs to reduce the carbon footprints of offices and buildings and homes.

The internet will create the winnerand bury the laggards.

People are more comfortable with the familiar. It takes selling a big dream that comes with excellent income possibility to get someone to leave his or her comfort zone.

Competitive advantage is a companys ability to perform in one or more ways that competitors cannot or will not match.