Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.

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The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how...

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how...

As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means...

As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means...

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others,...

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others,...

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.

Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who...

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who...

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this...

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this...

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself -...

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself -...

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing...

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing...

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how...

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how...

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill...

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill...

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an...

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an...

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the...

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the...

An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major...

An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major...

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the...

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the...

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles...

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles...

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the...

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the...