I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other people wouldn't let him.

Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.

To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework.

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.