Steal Ideas from Your Own Generals

“I can't tell you how many times I've heard a Nucor general manager say that "this is how we ought to structure compensation" or "this is how we should look at risks," and thought: "Yeah, that's the right way to run a business." I've latched onto those ideas and pushed them around Nucor as hard as I can. Some people assume they are all my ideas. I should be so smart.”

“Our company is broken up into 21 independently dently operated businesses, each with almost complete local autonomy, yet we have an unusually usually active and free exchange of ideas and solutions across divisional, geographical, and functional boundaries.”