When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.
You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.
according to the psychologist irving Janis, is that our sense of belonging (which makes us feel safe) blinds us to dangers and encourages greater risk-taking.
The combination of power, optimism and abstract thinking makes powerful people more certain. The more cut-off they are from others, the more confident they are that they are right.
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human and deserve respect and gratitude.
In our house, Mother’s Day is every day. Father’s Day, too. In our house, parents count. They do important work and that work matters. One day just doesn’t cut for us.
Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
Everywhere I look, there are ads marking Mother’s Day. Mostly they conform to stereotype: flowers, jewelry, perfume. Not a lot of books. Not many computers. Few tools. Little that’s useful.
Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.
For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.
I’m all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn’t the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.
The medical profession is – and knows itself to be – endemically conservative and conformist.
The truth won’t set us free – until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.
British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.
When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you’re saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.