The Common Wisdom Is That ... Managers

Success Requires A Persistent Misreading Of The Odds.

Are You Placing Enough Interesting, Freakish, Long Shot, Weirdo Bets?

Effective Listening Is A Professional Achievement-achieved Only Through Hard Work.

Become A "learning Organization". Shuck Your Arrogance - "if It Isn't Our Idea, It Can't Be That Good" - And Become A Determined Copycat/ Adapter/ Enhancer.

In The Great City Of San Francisco, Where I Used To Live, At 2 In The Morning Every Other Victorian House Has Somebody Who Is Writing The Great American Novel. And The City Is Not Loaded With James Joyces Or Virginia Woolfs. But Entrepreneurship Is About Distorted Views Of Reality.