The opportunities for future growth are everywhere. Seeing the future has nothing to do with speculating about what might happen. Rather, you must understand the revolutionary potential of what is already happening.
The real damper on employee engagement is the soggy, cold blanket of centralized authority. In most companies, power cascades downwards from the CEO. Not only are employees disenfranchised from most policy decisions, they lack even the power to rebel against egocentric and tyrannical supervisors.
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.
Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.
In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can’t, you’ll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.
It’s important to remember that innovators in business don’t always get a platform.
Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
Obviously, you don’t have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
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.
Influence is like water. Always flowing somewhere.
For every person who can imagine a possibility there are tens of thousands who are stuck in the greased grooves of history.
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism – but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty.
You can’t build an adaptable organization without adaptable people – and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.
There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize.
In an ideal world, an individual’s institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
We live in a moment that is pregnant with possibility.
Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
Any company that cannot imagine the future won’t be around to enjoy it.
Only stupid questions create wealth.