“Over many years, the leaders of SAS Institute have distilled a set of principles for getting peak performance from creative people. Among them: Value the work over the tools, reward excellence with challenges, and minimize hassles.”

“The concept of teams is not new. Although a ‘teaming’ revival has been zinging around the globe for several decades now, the concept has been around since before men worked in teams to hunt mammoth. Yet most teams today are nowhere near as effective as they could be. The reasons are many; lack of structure, lack of well-defined roles and responsibilities, and lack of communication, to name a few. But one reason overrides all the rest — a lack of passion. Passion is strongest when it exudes from a natural source, such as identifying and working within your true vocation — that career for which you are best suited.”