Only Stupid Questions Create Wealth.

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.

Perseverance May Be Just As Important As Speed In The Battle For The Future.

We Like To Believe We Can Break Strategy Down To Five Forces Or Seven Ss. But You Can't. Strategy Is Extraordinarily Emotional And Demanding.

At The Heart Of Every Faith System Is A Bargain: On One Side There Is The Comfort That Comes From A Narrative That Suggests Human Life Has Cosmic Significance, And On The Other A Duty To Yield To Moral Commands That Can, In The Moment, Seem Rather Inconvenient.

Like A Child Star Whose Fame Fades As The Years Advance, Many Once-innovative Companies Become Less So As They Mature.