Just As We Could Have Rode Into

Not All Problems Have A Technological Answer, But When They Do, That Is The More Lasting Solution.

Most Americans Probably Aren't Aware That There Was A Time In This Country When Tanks And Cavalry Were Massed On Pennsylvania Avenue To Chase Away The Unemployed.

There's A Tendency At The Senior And Middle-manager Level To Be Too Big-picturish And Too Superficial. There Is A Phrase, "the Devil Is In The Details." One Can Formulate Brilliant Global Strategies Whose Executability Is Zero. It's Only Through Familiarity With Details - The Capability Of The Individuals Who Have To Execute, The Marketplace, The Timing - That A Good Strategy Emerges. I Like To Work From Details To Big Pictures.

Most Companies Don't Die Because They Are Wrong; They Die Because They Don't Commit Themselves. They Fritter Away Their Momentum And Their Valuable Resources While Attempting To Make A Decision. The Greatest Danger Is Standing Still.

You Need To Plan The Way A Fire Department Plans: It Cannot Anticipate Where The Next Fire Will Be, So It Has To Shape An Energetic And Efficient Team That Is Capable Of Responding To The Unanticipated As Well As To Any Ordinary Event.