The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They may express it in slightly different terms, but you look at the Jackson Pollocks et al., and they are as interested in wall space in the galleries as Joe Montana is in the percentage of completed passes. So the notion that symphonic conducting, or stage play, or pure art, is not a competitive business is real bullshit.

Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.

Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized.