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…the best technology-product companies know that the riskiest strategy of all is to stop taking risks.

The health of an organization provides the context for strategy, finance, marketing, technology and everything else… it is the single greatest factor determining an organization’s success.

An organization has integrity – is healthy – when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.

…teamwork is not a virtue. It is a choice – and a strategic one.

…more than any word in the business lexicon, strategy is one of the most widely employed and poorly defined.

An organization’s strategy is nothing more than the collection of intentional decisions a company makes to give itself the best chance to thrive and differentiate from competitors.

…an organization’s strategic anchors should change whenever its competitive landscape shifts and market conditions call for a different approach.

A better strategy for shifting others’ expectations about your work is to consistently deliver what you promise instead of consistently explaining how you’re working.

For all the peculiar challenges to losing weight, one of the usual strategies is still effective: The more carefully and frequently you monitor yourself, the better you’ll control yourself.

…the most successful strategies for promoting self-control involve rewards.