PATRICK DIXON

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Take hold of your future or the future will take hold of you

Tribalism is the most powerful force in the world.

Never has the future become so rapidly the past.

The promise of every product and service is a better life. Profits are the prize for delivering on the promise.

You can have the greatest strategy in the world but what is the point if no one cares?

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.

Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter.

You cannot have strong leadership without passion.

Volunteering is a window into the passions of the soul.

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

To every trend there is a counter-trend. There are a number of pendulums operating and each creates new business opportunities.

When you have been close to death it makes you think about life.

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

Strong ethics keep corporations healthy . Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.

I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing rather than five hundred who can't see the point.

In banking or insurance trust is the only thing you have to sell.

The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth.

Institutional blindness is a major threat to the future of all corporations.

You will learn more about the people you work with in three minutes by asking them what they do for nothing, than by working with them for three years in the same team

The Six Faces of the future are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.