Influence Is Like Water. Always Flowing Somewhere.

Resilience Is Based On The Ability To Embrace The Extremes -- While No Becoming An Extremist. ... **most Companies Don't Do Paradox Very Well.** (emphasis By Author) [2002] P.25f

Top-down Authority Structures Turn Employees Into Bootlickers, Breed Pointless Struggles For Political Advantage, And Discourage Dissent.

An Adaptable Company Is One That Captures More Than Its Fair Share Of New Opportunities. It's Always Redefining Its 'core Business' In Ways That Open Up New Avenues For Growth.

Alan Kay's Famous Aphorism Is That Perspective Is Worth 80 Iq Points. An Innovative Insight Is Not The Product Of An Individual's Brilliance. It's Not As If Innovators' Heads Are Wired In Different Ways. Innovation Typically Comes From Looking At The World Through A Slightly Different Lens.

Today, No Leader Can Afford To Be Indifferent To The Challenge Of Engaging Employees In The Work Of Creating The Future. Engagement May Have Been Optional In The Past, But Its Pretty Much The Whole Game Today.