Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

Today, for good or ill, people are thinking about many social problems from the standpoint of their own kitchen tables. I think the way to begin a conversation with people about what's going on is to address their daily experiences, and what their fears and frustrations, as well as their exhilarations, are.

I think that in politics, when people want to discredit a particular position, they say, "Oh, they are liberals," or "They are conservatives; we are centrists." Everybody wants to be a centrist.

The core corporation is ... increasingly a façade, behind which teems an array of decentralized groups and subgroups continuously contracting with similarly diffuse working units all over the world.

You can't inspire people if you are going to be uninspiring.

Well-trained and dedicated employees are the only sustainable source of competitive strength.

The United States is a safe harbor.