The Pace Of Change And The Threat

Frankly, I Like New Things. I Feel Like I Made A Contribution To Building A More Interactive World. And I'm Proud Of That.

Today, National Geographic Has A Membership Side With A Magazine And Some Television Side, And They Generate About A Billion Dollars In Revenue, And They're Profitable. And So At The End Of The Year They Have Some Bottom Line Profit Which They Can Then Reinvest, Because They're Running It As A Not-for-profit In Charitable Endeavors.

It's Stunning To Me What Kind Of An Impact Even One Person Can Have

When I Was Trying To Popularize The Concept Of The Internet - Ten Or 15 Years Ago - I Came Up With This Concept Of "the 5 Cs." Services Needed To Have Content, Context, Community, Commerce, And Connectivity. After That, When I Was Trying To Think Of What The Key Management Principles Were To Build Into The Culture, I Started Talking About The Ps. The P's Were Things Like Passion, Perseverance, Perspective And People. I Think The People Aspect Is Really The Most Important One.

Anything Is Possible If You Put Your Mind To It And You Really Work Hard.