> For example, Steve Jobs used to run an annual retreat for what he considered > the 100 most important people at Apple, and these were not the 100 people > highest on the org chart. Can you imagine the force of will it would take to do > this at the average company? And yet imagine how useful such a thing could be.

> It could make a big company feel like a startup

Nope, not true in my book. I would not like to be in any company that "selects" a small group of elites to a hawaii or las-vegas "retreat". then, said elites would propagate their new-found retreat wisdom from their cult-leader down to the plebs.