Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.
You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
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