Some things that seem better done tomorrow would be best done today

The customer is always right…even when they’re wrong.

Adapt and adopt the peer-to-peer and open source models to wider implementation in organisations

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?

A manager is not a successful manager until he succeeds in managing managers successfully.

CEOs will gladly overpay for a company if the acquisition enables them to keep their jobs.

Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.

Never be SARCASTIC. A clever remark might gain you a few laughs but the butt of your remarks will be offended and will remember you for it.

Crowdsourcing is the ultimate disruptor of distribution because in a most Zen-like fashion, the content is controlled by everyone and no one at the same time.

Leadership is the influence of a person(s) on another person(s) which guides their efforts in a specific direction, with more purpose, clarity, and unity than they would have held on their own.

The most important tool you have on a resume is language.

Security doesn’t rob ambition; the illusion of security robs ambition.

Amongst many qualities of a true leader, he is a successful manager who has mastered the art of people management.

Smart entrepreneurs learn that they must fail often and fast.

You can truly have it all, just not all at the same time.

I say, ‘Get me some poets as managers.’ Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way...

The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.

The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the...

To be successful, innovation is not just about value creation, but value capture.

Disruption isn’t about what happens to you, it’s about how you respond to what happens to you.

Data may disappoint, but it never lies.

Plan for ways to get more enjoyment into your life and you will get more joy out of it.

No one who ever led a nation got there by following the path of another.

The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful ones know that the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse.

If you are not willing to give a less experienced qualified professional a chance, don’t complain you are charged double for a job worth half.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

For a business to strengthen its position on the market, its managers should become skillful at helping their subordinates to set and achieve specific and measurable goals with realistic deadlines and clear expectations. Managers should...

An average idea enthusiastically embraced will go farther than a genius idea no one gets.

A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.

In life, you get what you believe you deserve.

The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have something better.

Expectation levels set can be directly correlated to the quality of the training provided.