If I hadn't heard it from clients I wouldn't have believed it - Californians are asking their companies to leave the state. Some time ago a decision-maker told me he had evaluated the benefits of moving his department out of Los Angeles. He said: "When I discovered how substantial the savings would be, I quipped in front of my staff, ‘We should move to Texas.' I was surprised by what happened next - people approached me one by one, came in my office, closed the door, and asked that we move to Texas. Once I saw the employee reactions, I'd...