A story in six words from Hemingway (perhaps, there’s a controversy):

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Concise. Emotional. Impactful.

I’ll never be the writer that Hemingway was, but here’s leadership for high-growth organizations summarized in only 5 words:

1. Learn.
2. Enable.
3. Inspire.
4. Act.
5. Repeat.

(If only LEIAR was an easily-said acronym or spelled a clever word.)

These steps don't always need to be followed 1 to 5, but if the leaders and people innovation processes in your organization embody these 5 words, you’re in (or headed to) a great place. Lean's build-measure-learn is great for startups, but I think 'enable' and 'inspire' are worth mentioning from my observations at larger and/or more mature organizations, where sometimes people are encumbered, disenchanted, and bored.

If I missed a word or you have a better 5 (or 4, or 3, or 2, or 1) word summary, I'd love to hear it.