“Fail often so you can succeed sooner.”
Tom Kelley, Ideo Partner
One particular organization has produced more business owners than any other single institution in our nation’s history. If it is not obvious to you who this organization is, here are a couple more clues to help you figure it out:
- Leadership is a strong suit with this organization…not just talking about it, but teaching and practicing it. This institution also values strategic thinking and planning, promotes innovation and creative problem-solving, and clearly understands that mission execution is the characteristic that separates those who achieve from those who merely dream.
- Although these elements are certainly attributes emphasized in leading business schools, in this particular organization they are imparted less by lecture and more by example.
“Be enthusiastic as a leader. You can’t light a fire with a wet match.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
“In order for a business unit, function or organization to obtain heretofore unrealized opportunities it is often necessary to have executives who work in the white space and find these opportunities”
Taking a break to celebrate a respite from our labors today. We will return to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow!
“Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.”
We sat in the Officer’s Club at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho: three lieutenants with cold beers in hand trying to impress each other with the hours we were working. It was a perverse matter of pride for us–and lots of others at the time–to brag about the amount of time we were working. Bragging about children’s birthdays missed, anniversaries spent away, and late nights was a badge of honor.… 
“It might look and seem beautiful and calm; there is a significant difference in ineffective leadership, lack of leadership, and leadership that is in stasis.”
“Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage”
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