Yesterday's adaptations are today's routines.

But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict

The improvisational ability to lead adaptively relies on responding to the present situation rather than importing the past into the present and laying it on the current situation like an imperfect template.

Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.

Your inspiration taps hidden reserves of promise that sustain people through times that induce despair. You enable people to envision a future that sustains the best from their past while also holding out new possibilities.

Your behavior reflects your actual purposes.

Attention is the currency of leadership.