Today, No Leader Can Afford To Be

Top-down Authority Structures Turn Employees Into Bootlickers, Breed Pointless Struggles For Political Advantage, And Discourage Dissent.

Most Companies Don't Have The Luxury Of Focusing Exclusively On Innovation. They Have To Innovate While Stamping Out Zillions Of Widgets Or Processing Billions Of Transactions.

Resilience Is Based On The Ability To Embrace The Extremes -- While No Becoming An Extremist. ... **most Companies Don't Do Paradox Very Well.** (emphasis By Author) [2002] P.25f

Business Leaders Must Find Ways To Infuse Mundane Business Activities With Deeper, Soul-stirring Ideals, Such As Honor, Truth, Love, Justice, And Beauty.

I Live A Half Mile From The San Andreas Fault - A Fact That Bubbles Up Into My Consciousness Every Time Some Other Part Of The World Experiences An Earthquake. I Sometimes Wonder Whether This Subterranean Sense Of Impending Disaster Is At Least Partly Responsible For Silicon Valley's Feverish, Get-it-done-yesterday Work Norms.