Cynicism Is The Last Refuge Of Those

There`s Sort Of A Chilling Effect On Non-profits And The Media And A Lot Of Other Places Because The Establishment Is So Powerful. That`s Where The Money Is.

The Managers Of The Big Brands Have A Very Clear Responsibility. It's Attracting And Keeping Talented People In Order To Sustain And Build The Trustworthiness Of That Brand. There Is No Clearer Objective In The Economy. Your Economic Success Depends On Expanding And Building Your Economies Of Trustworthiness.

More And More, Leadership, Whether It's Profit Or Nonprofit, Is About Recruiting And Keeping Talented People. That's The Biggest Challenge. Yes, You've Got To Create Systems That Will Enable People Easily To Innovate Continuously; You've Got To Be A System-builder. But Finding And Keeping Geeks And Shrinks Is The Biggest Challenge. That Means Leaders Have Got To Be Salespeople, They've Got To Be Recruiters, And They've Got To Be Actively Able To Understand And Keep The Talent They Have. Leadership Is Courtship. That's What It's Becoming.

The World Of Politics Is Divided Between People Who Are Introverts - Who Lose A Little Bit Of Energy Out Of Each Interaction They Have So That By The Time The Day Ends, After 1,000 Interactions, They're Exhausted - And People Like Bill Clinton Who Are Extroverted - Who Get A Little Bit Of Energy From Each Interaction.

The Intellectual Equipment Needed For The Job Of The Future Is An Ability To Define Problems, Quickly Assimilate Relevant Data, Conceptualize And Reorganize The Information, Make Deductive And Inductive Leaps With It, Ask Hard Questions About It, Discuss Findings With Colleagues, Work Collaboratively To Find Solutions And Then Convince Others.