Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing.

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.

If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

Modesty, not temper.

Many things become clearer with the perspective of maturity gained.

Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes!

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.

You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.