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

The sad truth is as difficult as the first mile can be for entrepreneurs, it is doubly tough inside most large companies as innovators can face some significant headwinds.

You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge.

The reality is customers lie - not because they want to want to deceive you, but because they don't do a good job of predicting what they will do in the future.

I feel for today's leaders. I really do. They got to where they are by doing a series of jobs exceptionally well. And that doesn't help them at all with the challenges they now face.

I'm not very good at sitting still.

What looks like resistance in many cases is rational responses to incentives and ingrained resource-allocation processes.