Effective visions are lived in details, not broad strokes.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead.

Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.

The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.