The Infinite Game: How Great Businesses Achieve Long-lasting Success

Courage, as it relates to leading with an infinite mindset, is the willingness to completely change our perception of how the world works. It is the courage to reject Milton Friedman’s stated purpose of business and embrace an alternative definition. When we have the courage to change our mindset from a finite view to a more infinite view, many of

James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games (New York: Free Press, 1986).

While a finite-minded leader works to get something from their employees, customers and sharcholders in order to meet arbitrary metrics, the infinite-minded leader works to ensure that their employees, customers and shareholders remain inspired to continue contributing with their effort, their wallets and their investments. Players with an infinite