I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.

Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.

No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

The future has no shelf life