The Future Has No Shelf

The Factory Of The Future Will Have Only Two Employees, A Man And A Dog. The Man Will Be There To Feed The Dog. The Dog Will Be There To Keep The Man From Touching The Equipment.

Leadership Is A Function Of Knowing Yourself, Having A Vision That Is Well Communicated, Building Trust Among Colleagues, And Taking Effective Action To Realize Your Own Leadership Potential.

I'd Always Rather Err On The Side Of Openness. But There's A Difference Between Optimum And Maximum Openness, And Fixing That Boundary Is A Judgment Call. The Art Of Leadership Is Knowing How Much Information You're Going To Pass On - To Keep People Motivated And To Be As Honest, As Upfront, As You Can. But, Boy, There Really Are Limits To That.

Walt Disney, Of All People, Did A Good Job Of Describing His Own Netony. "people Who Have Worked With Me Say I Am 'innocence In Action,'" He Wrote. "they Say I Have The Innocence And Unselfconsciousness Of A Child. Maybe I Have. I Still Look At The World With Uncontaminated Wonder."

Leadership (according To John Sculley) Revolves Around Vision, Ideas, Direction, And Has More To Do With Inspiring People As To Direction And Goals Than With Day-to-day Implementation. A Leader Must Be Able To Leverage More Than His Own Capabilities. He Must Be Capable Of Inspiring Other People To Do Things Without Actually Sitting On Top Of Them With A Checklist.