Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future.
Dee Hock

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.
Dee Hock

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.
Dee Hock

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.
Dee Hock

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.
Dee Hock

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.
Dee Hock

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction.
Dee Hock

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.
Dee Hock