29 Quotes by James Collins

The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time.

With the focus of this year's Art and Music Festival on youth, we think it's important to encourage the participation of as many local students as possible. Not many young musicians will have a professional performing career, but we'd like to give them an opportunity they'll never forget -- their own recital at the Norris.

To grow a lot more, Eric has to find a way to multiply himself. He needs to create not just managers out of his workers, but people with the same entrepreneurial spirit. If Eric can't solve that problem, he will be limited by the number of hours he can be in one place at one time in a day.

Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what's there.

There's no reason for Gillette to be world class on the web, but there's every reason for Gillette to be world class in producing billions of high powered razor blades at low cost.

So, that single idea of always first who, then what, has had a huge influence on me and I hope to continue to be able to make progress on it.

So my answer is, YES, everyone can find a hedgehog concept. If these companies can do it, anyone can do it. And anybody who says they can't is simply whining.

That the potential to become Level 5 exists in you and me and the people we work with and that it is then a process or a journey to nurture that seed... in a culture by and large that doesn't reinforce it.

You need to identify and recognize and admit that there is a gang problem in New Jersey.