The purpose…

…. of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline–a problem that largely goes away if you have the right people in the first place

– Jim Collins

It is….

… a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job

– Douglas Adams

Be a…

… life long student, read as many books as possible

– Nelson Mandela

Consensus….

…. the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?’

–  Margaret Thatcher

In any….

…. moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing

– Theodore Roosevelt

If….

….. at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it

– Albert Einstein

The single biggest….

… way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them

– John C Maxwell

What good…

…is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment.Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world!

– Simon Sinek

I have…

… no special talents. I am only passionately curious

– Albert Einstein

Time….

… is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things

– Jesse Jackson