Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.

Are you placing enough interesting, freakish, long shot, weirdo bets?

You have to stand out if you want to move up.

With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

The manager, in today's world, doesn't get paid to be a steward of resources, a favored term not so many years ago. He or she gets paid for one and only one thing: to make things better (incrementally and dramatically), to change things, to act - today.

Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles.