small, independent and interdisciplinary teams are critical to future organizations, especially at the edges. - Salim Ismail

In an ExO world, purpose trumps strategy and execution overrides planning.

We used to have public companies that sold products. Now we have public companies that own entire possibilities.

Indeed, the rate of change is so high everywhere these days that you now must assume that someone will disrupt you, and often from a direction you least expect. As Steve Forbes sees it, "You have to disrupt yourself or others will do it for you." This applies to every market, geography and industry.