We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store, transform and transmit data, the lowest cognitive form, has expanded literally beyond comprehension. Understanding and wisdom are largely forgotten as we struggle under an avalanche…

Quote by Dee Hock

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Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in...

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in...

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do...

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do...

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...

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

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...

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all...

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all...

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...

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...

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...

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

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...

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,...

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...

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now...

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now...

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

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

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another....

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another....

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...

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person...

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person...

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 -...