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I'm a capitalist by convictio...

I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.

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Most companies don't have the...

Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.

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Today, no leader can afford t...

Today, no leader can afford to be indifferent to the challenge of engaging employees in the work of creating the future. Engagement may have been optional in the past, but it's pretty much the whole game today.

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During the ten years I lived ...

During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.

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The fact is, society is made ...

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

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Power has long been regarded ...

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

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In an ideal world, an individ...

In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.

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Management innovation is goin...

Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.

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I am an ardent supporter of c...

I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

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It's not unusual for a would-...

It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.

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An employee who's one of hund...

An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.

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Building human-centered organ...

Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.

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Top-down authority structures...

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

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Remarkable contributions are ...

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

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To create an organization tha...

To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of channels, to experiment, to take risks and to follow their passions.

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You can't build an adaptable ...

You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

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An enterprise that is constan...

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

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Online hierarchies are inhere...

Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.

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Like a child star whose fame ...

Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

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I don't know whether the univ...

I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....