The Instinct To Produce Great Work Doesn't

Competence Is No Longer Scarce.

No Organization Ever Created An Innovation. People Innovate, Not Companies.

Canoeing Was Hard And Scary, And The Wind Could Blow You Across The Lake If You Did It Wrong. After A Year Of Not Doing It Right, I Could Talk To People And Get Them To Sit Up Straight, Take Different Kinds Of Chances, To Breathe Differently, To Engage In The Moment In The Boat. And I Changed Them, And I Changed Me In The Process.

Just Saying Yes Because You Can't Bear The Short-term Pain Of Saying No Is Not Going To Help You Do The Work.

If We Live In A World Where Information Drives What We Do, The Information We Get Becomes The Most Important Thing. The Person Who Chooses That Information Has Power.