I am writing a book and need some colorful examples.  

I need examples of business leaders and their companies.  I need two
different comapnies. These need to be exciting and compelling and
interesting stories to read.  They can be summarized from newspaper
articles, magazines, TV, etc.  They can be about companies that you
(the Google researcher) know and written by you (but you will give me
right to your them - I will acknowledge your contributions if used
verbatim).

1.  Some business leader (preferably famous) saying that if they had
devoted time and resources to formally planning their business, it
would have been a failure.  They never would have done such and such
and been such a big success.  Especially when the business is just
starting out.  Length:  ½ page (including references so I can check)

2.  A company (famous or not) making a big deal about how getting
everyone exchanging information helps their organization be more
effective.  Their employees are more informed, they make better
decisions more independently, delegation of authority is less risky,
the whole enterprise is more adaptive because they have invested in a
system or, more importantly, the discipline and culture of keeping
everyone informed.  I?d like to call it an information bath ? everyone
is informed and each person can determine what is relevant to their
job.  Length:  ½ page (including references so I can check)

I need this on Saturday April 23 or earlier)

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Clarification of Question by jeffbhc001-ga on 21 Apr 2005 20:15 PDT

I understand that Google owns the actual text responses to the
quesitons.  But please try add enough colorful quotes that I can
revise and convey the flavor and color of the people.  J

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 22 Apr 2005 12:59 PDT

As I suggested on your previous questions, there's a greater
likelihood of getting at leas a partical answer if you post each
question separately.

Good luck.

~ czh ~

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Clarification of Question by jeffbhc001-ga on 22 Apr 2005 13:51 PDT

Got it.

Here are quotes from some prominent individuals that you may find useful.

Alan Alda, the star of the hit TV series M*A*S*H:

"We never planned the success of M*A*S*H; it just happened. If we had
planned it, there would have been enormous disappointments."
-Alan Alda, The Complete Book of M*A*S*H

Other Books: The Complete Book of M*A*S*H
http://www.geocities.com/trapp_kling/otherbooks.html

Jean M. Auel, author of the bestselling book "Clan of the Cave Bear":

"If I had planned to write a bestseller back in 1980, would I have
picked a Paleolithic caveman? No, I would have done some Hollywood
glitz or some mysteries. Nobody expected it. They said yes, we think
it's a good story, but we just don't think anybody short of [James]
Michener should write books that long. They just didn't think it would
sell enough."

BookPage: Jean M. Auel
http://www.bookpage.com/0204bp/jean_auel.html

NASA mission controller John W. Aaron:

"I believe that the key thing with NASA was, I had some early mentors
who kind of looked out for me. I didn't have to plan my career. In
fact, probably if I had planned my career, I'd have screwed it up."

NASA Oral History Transcript: John W. Aaron
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/AaronJW/JWA_1-18-00.pdf