Thoughts on boardroom battles

In business, when two people always agree, one of them is irrelevant.
—William Wrigley
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we are all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
—Alan Kay

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
—Walter Lippmann
The aim of argument and of discussion should not be victory, but progress.
—Joseph Joubert

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
—Napoleon Bonaparte

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.
—Max Lucado
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
—Ronald Reagan

When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.
—Carl Icahn

Get me inside any boardroom, and I’ll get any decision I want.
—Tom Stoppard

A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.
—Carly Fiorina