Innovative Ideas Quotes

• To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

  Marco Rubio

  Ideas, Issues, Way

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• The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

  Arthur Koestler

  Inspirational, Education, Business

  Arthur Koestler (1964). “The Act of Creation”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Business, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from May 09, 2016

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• The best way to predict the future is to create it.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Being Happy, Uplifting

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• The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 30, 2017

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• When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.

  Steve Jobs

  Creativity, Artist, Obvious Things

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.35, Prabhat Prakashan

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Shakespeare, Woody Allen And A Certain Qantas A380" by Christine Negroni, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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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It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.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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• Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Creativity, Artist

  "Steve Jobs: seven lessons from Apple's founder" by Frédéric Filloux, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2011.

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• The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

  Linus Pauling

  Ideas, Creative, Innovation

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• The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

  Bob Iger

  Heart, Creativity, Soul

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• Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

  Michael Porter

  Creativity, Issues, Innovation

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• After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people to use neglected creative capacities in order to tap the most potent economic stimulus of all: idea power.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Order, Years, Ideas

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• There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.

  Michael Eisner

  Ideas, Innovation, Growth

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  Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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• Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns and feelings when you present an innovation, or neglect to understand their perspectives in your design, you’re setting yourself up to fail.

  Scott Berkun

  Ideas, People, Perspective

  Scott Berkun (2010). “The Myths of Innovation”, p.61, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit.

  Daniel Goleman

  Ideas, Risk, Fuel

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Working With Emotional Intelligence”, p.100, Bantam

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• Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.

  Steven Johnson

  Ideas, People, Viewpoints

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• A spreadsheet for an innovative idea reports the mathematical relationship between made up numbers. You can't cash a spreadsheet.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Ideas, Numbers, Cash

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• It was not easy victory in the America Cup. Our boys spent years experimenting with different designs for their boat before they came up with the innovative idea of having a submerged nuclear submarine tow it.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Boys, Years

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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• The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas who are trying to disrupt the status quo and usher in a better way. The defenders are the incumbents who try to defend what they have. We need to bring an attacker mindset to whatever we choose to do.

  Steve Case

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "The next great Internet revolution is coming, AOL founder says" by Blake Snow, www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2013.

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• In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide a definitive answer. The decision-making systems here are meant to deal with the reality that decisions about innovative ideas will rely on patterns and intuitions. The best venture capital organizations deal with this challenge by staging investment, actively participating in startups they fund, tying decisions to learning as opposed to artificial dates on the calendar, and assembling a diverse team of decision-makers.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Team, Reality, Organization

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• Data about an innovative idea is rarely crystal clear.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Data, Ideas, Crystals

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