Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.

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.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

If I had to reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.