Business Innovation Quotes - Page 5

• I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

  John Cage

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Conversing with Cage". Book by Richard Kostelanetz, 1988.

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• The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the leader is an equal among Titans. In a truly creative collaboration, work is pleasure, and the only rules and procedures are those that advance the common cause.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Creativity, Organization, Creative Collaboration

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• Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries. Innovation arises from ongoing circles of exchange, where information is not just accumulated or stored, but created. Knowledge is generated anew from connections that weren't there before.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Relationship, Creativity, Journey

  Margaret J. Wheatley (1994). “Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe”, Berrett-Koehler Pub

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• If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

  Alfred Nobel

  Fear, Failure, Creativity

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• The innovation point is the pivotal moment when talented and motivated people seek the opportunity to act on their ideas and dreams.

  W. Arthur Porter

  Dream, Creativity, Opportunity

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• All it takes is one idea to solve an impossible problem.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Creativity, Ideas, Innovation

  Robert H Schuller (2006). “Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!”, p.118, Orient Paperbacks

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• Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.

  Seth Godin

  Perseverance, Fear, Failure

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• Move fast and break things.

  Ben Barry

  Moving, Entrepreneur, Social Media

  "Facebook’s Analog Research Lab: The Slogan Factory Where Techies Get Tactile" by Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

  Scott Belsky

  Best Job, Matter, Saying No

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• Often Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

  Chuck Jones

  Art, Creativity, Hands

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• Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.

  Peter Drucker

  Innovation, Marketing, Cost

  Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.90, Routledge

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• It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Best Job, Track

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Men, Best Job, Design Work

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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• You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

  David Lloyd George

  Graduation, Commitment, Two

  "Design for Power : The Struggle for the World". Book by Frederick Lewis Schuman, 1941.

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

  John Steinbeck

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Couple

  John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). “Conversations with John Steinbeck”, p.124, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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  Great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

  Steve Jobs

  Teamwork, Business, People

  "60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. 2003.

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• Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.

  Watts Humphrey

  Creativity, Ideas, Innovation

  Watts S. Humphrey (1997). “Managing Technical People: Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Work, Life Changing

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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  A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

  Charles Kettering

  Creativity, Engineering, Innovation

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• The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

  Roger von Oech

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Creativity

  Roger Von Oech (1986). “A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative”, Harper Perennial

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• In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

  David Ogilvy

  Inspirational, Business, Creativity

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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• The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Children, Imagination, Innovation

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