194 quotes found
“Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude y...”
“You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.”
“You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.”
“Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers.”
“Innovative thinkers are explorers and synthesizers of new world views or future views of the world.”
“The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters or entrepreneurs. The coop is guarded from the inside.”
“The easiest thing on the life is to make question, but the difficulties one it’s to answer it.”
“I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.”
“Even a small amount of unplanned downtime can effect a company’s profitability and reputation.”
“Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers.”
“Ignore the real world“That would never work in the real world.” You hear it all the time when you tell people about a fresh idea.This real world sounds like an awfully depressing place to live. It’...”
“The Brinktown jail is one of the most ingenious ever propounded by civic authorities. It must be remembered that Brinktown occupies the surface of a volcanic butte, overlooking a trackless jungle o...”
“In business, complexity both drives innovation and hinders it.”
“The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking.”
“Observation is a critical activity in the innovation process to understand the context of an issue from a human perspective.”
“Replacing “progress” with “innovation” skirts the question of whether a novelty is an improvement: the world may not be getting better and better but our devices are getting newer and newer.”
“Only functioning as a whole brain, IT can strike the right balance between stability and agility; creativity and standardization; innovation and risk intelligence.”
“In essence, innovation is the use of something that is new and unique, and you are able to create its business value.”
“Silos build the wall in people’s minds and tie the knots in their hearts.”
“For IT, information management is fundamental, and innovation management is value-added.”