“Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a solution that works - and take responsibility for it.” WorldResponsibilityCompanySolutionsApplesRoofTaking Responsibility Author:Steve Jobs
“It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.” MatterValuesCompanyShareProductsIndustryCostSolutionsFinalsEducationalCustomersRelativeWhat MattersIntegratedEcosystems Author:Gary Hamel
“I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if we focus our company on improving the lives of the world's citizens and come up with genuine sustainable solutions, we are more in synch with consumers and society and ultimately this will result in good shareholder returns.” IfsThinkingWorldFirstsBelieveResultsCompanyFocusDutyReturnCitizensSolutionsOppositesCome UpGenuineConsumersImprovingShareholdersFiduciary Author:Paul Polman
“No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.” PeopleWayNeedsMadeMomentsRunningActionChallengesLeadershipAnswersCompanyLeaderStruggleTeacherSolutionsResourcesCoachesEmpoweringClosestEncouragingFrontline Author:Steve Miller
“In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that telephone companies and other carriers provide law enforcement with access to this new technology.” NeedsLawOrderCompanyTechnologyClearSecurityInternetProtectSolutionsCriminalsAccessFree SpeechLegislationNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementTelephonesNew TechnologyCarrier Author:Louis J. Freeh
“If a company is distributing images and video then obviously they need bandwidth solutions. But if they are looking to the mass market then they must develop WAP sites.” IfsNeedsCompanyMassSolutionsVideoSiteBandwidth Author:Jack London