Innovation comes only from readily and seamlessly sharing information rather than hoarding it.
Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to cope with the indifference and resistance that change provokes.
Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.