"It's like playing multidimensional chess of an unprecedented scope. You're trying to hold the board. You're trying to figure out how to make the moves, and people are yelling at you from a 360-degree angle."

Hillary Clinton, US Aussenministerin, antwortete mit dieser Metapher als sie zu erklären versuchte, wie sie die Situation im Nahen Osten einschätzt und was die US-Regierung tun wird. Ägypten, Yemen, Syrien, Tunesien, Quatar, Pakistan ... das Bild kann man auch für andere strategische Situationen nutzen.

Enrico Preziosi: If you want to gain market share

"If you want to gain market share it is compulsory to be trendy. If it depended on my taste, Giochi Preziosi would never have been successful."

Chairman Enrico Preziosi, the world's third-largest toy maker comments on his management style. He leads very hands-off. He has delegated not only the day-to-day running of the firm but also strategy to a group of managers. This is very unusual for an Italian family-owned business.