Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.

That's important to remember: it's not just a collection of great individuals but a group of people who enjoy playing in the sandbox, thoroughly enjoying collaborative problem solving.

Walt Disney, of all people, did a good job of describing his own netony. "People who have worked with me say I am 'innocence in action,'" he wrote. "They say I have the innocence and unselfconsciousness of a child. Maybe I have. I still look at the world with uncontaminated wonder."