Successful innovation has consistently proved to be fluid and flexible, fast and furious - that is, passionate.

Management is a far more homely business than its would be scientists suggest, more closely allied to cookery than any other human activity. Like cooking, it rests on a degree of organisation and on adequate resources. But just as no two chefs run their kitchens the same way, so no two managements are the same.

Management capability is always less than the organization actually needs.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Cash in must exceed cash out.

Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.