What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction.

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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...

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

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.

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...

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...

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....

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...