Aside from the equivalent of blowing up the lab or letting a pathogen escape, the only failure is spending too long or too much money to learn.

Leaders today face challenges for which they are utterly unprepared.

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

In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity.

Creating the new increasingly is more than 50 percent of a top leader's job.

The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money.

Make sure that you take the time to think about how other companies might respond to your idea, both those companies already in the market you plan to target as well as others that might imagine targeting that market.