“Preserve the core, and let the rest flux. In their wonderful bestseller Built to Last, authors James Collins and Jerry Porras make a convincing argument that long-lived companies are able to thrive 50 years or more by retaining a very small heart of unchanging values, and then stimulating progress in everything else. At times "everything" includes changing the business the company operates in, migrating, say, from mining to insurance. Outside the core of values, nothing should be exempt from flux. Nothing.” ShouldYearsHeartLongAbleLastsValuesBusinessCompanyProgressWonderfulBuiltArgumentCorePreservesThriveConvincingJerryMiningFluxUnchangingRetaining Author:Kevin Kelly
“Applying creative thinking to our clients' business strategy-this should be our industry's new core competency. And-in what is very good news for our industry-this kind of creativity, creativity that goes to the heart of business, is more in-demand than ever.” ThinkingShouldHeartKindBusinessCreativityCreativeIndustryDemandNewsStrategyVery GoodCoreClientsGood NewsCreative ThinkingBusiness StrategyCompetencies Author:Bob Schmetterer
“A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul.” FirstsSoulSelfValuesOrderDifficultLeadershipBusinessLeaderVisionJourneyIdentityDiscoveryCoreSelf DiscoveryFormidableCore ValuesJourney Of Self DiscoveryDiscovering SelfNew Vision Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi