“If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.” IfsTryingMomentsActionCreativeReturnIntelligentStrategyAlternativesConsideringBad TimesReceptiveCreativity And InnovationTimelinessTakeoff Author:John Cleese
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Creativity ignited a spark. In that moment, I saw that art is not peripheral, beauty is not optional, but a strategy for survival.” ArtMomentsCreativitySawsSurvivalArt IsStrategyThat MomentSparksOptional Author:Terry Tempest Williams