We're Now Moving Toward A Radically Different

When I Was A Kid, The Bigger Boys Would Pick On Me. So I Got An Idea That I Would Make Alliances With Older Boys, Like Just One Or Two, Who Would Be My Protectors.

Cynicism Is The Last Refuge Of Those Who Don't Want To Do The Work Of Creating A Better Society.

Now, Inventiveness And Empathy, Those Qualities, If They're Together In The Same Person, You've Got An Entrepreneurial Genius. But They Do Tend To Be Slightly Separate.

More And More, Leadership, Whether It's Profit Or Nonprofit, Is About Recruiting And Keeping Talented People. That's The Biggest Challenge. Yes, You've Got To Create Systems That Will Enable People Easily To Innovate Continuously; You've Got To Be A System-builder. But Finding And Keeping Geeks And Shrinks Is The Biggest Challenge. That Means Leaders Have Got To Be Salespeople, They've Got To Be Recruiters, And They've Got To Be Actively Able To Understand And Keep The Talent They Have. Leadership Is Courtship. That's What It's Becoming.

You And I And Almost All Americans Are Beneficiaries Of The New Economy. But We Are Also Losing Parts Of Our Lives To The New Economy - Aspects Of Our Family Lives, Our Friendships, Our Communities, Ourselves.