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…

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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...

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....

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 -...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

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...

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...