One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is to embrace the idea of spurring creativity by letting hundreds of flowers bloom. I've never seen that lead to anything other than cynicism and hundreds of dead flowers.

Leaders today face challenges for which they are utterly unprepared.

We fool ourselves into thinking that the spreadsheets that capture our financial projections are something different than what they are.

I think it is only in hindsight that you can determine whether something is a mistake or not.

Some people who were central to former success aren't the right people for your future success.

We've got some great big problems in our world. We have to figure out how to feed 10 billion people. Too many people can't access clean water, quality healthcare, and reasonable education. We have to figure out what to do about climate change, income inequality, and more. Innovators need to rise to the challenge!

Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's.