Cash in must exceed cash out.
No executive devotes effort to proving himself wrong.
Either an executive can do his job or he can't.
Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time.
All good management is the expression of one great idea
Successful innovation has consistently proved to be fluid and flexible, fast and furious - that is, passionate.