I've been inspired by the things I've learnt about Innovation in 2012 and looking forward to learning more about this subject in 2013. Below are some of my favourite quotes on the topic of innovation:
“Innovation is anything, but business as usual.” - Anonymous
"...if we don't continue to value innovation and take risks, we leave ourselves open to future disruptive technologies" - Deidre H Caldbeck
"Pursuing strategies that play to your strengths but undermine your partners is a recipe for failure" - Ron Adner on Collaborative Innovation
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay
"Very successful companies ensure that their company culture does not stifle innovation across all levels of the organization. " - Patrick Egbunonu
"Involved people make for better innovation" - Brad Bird
"I always view problems as opportunities in work clothes" - Henry Kaiser
"...Business model innovation requires the creation of actionable and purposeful networks" - Saul Kaplan
"To be innovative, you need to ask: where else has someone seen and solved that problem?" - Clayton Christensen
"As we study innovation, we need to consider whether the question is better answered in a fast- or slow-moving industry context." -Clayton Christensen
"The culture of a company goes a long way to determine if innovation thrives or dies"
"Research has shown that most innovation happens as the result of something outside your industry being applied to your own. "- Tony Hsie
"Innovation is irrelevant. Useful innovation is what you want. "- John Kotter
"A hedgehog concept is not a goal to be the best, it is an understanding of what you can be the best at"- Jim Collins
“Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.” - Anon
"The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages and declines.- PF. Drucker
"Business model innovation is really just learning how to combine and recombine capabilities in new ways to deliver value"- Saul Kaplan
"Customer experience must be at the heart of any innovation and design process"- Saul Kaplan
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" - Steve Jobs
"Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out" -Clayton Christensen
"The most important thing we do to encourage innovation is give people the freedom to fail"...Robert Kotick
"Companies must solve a cultural and accounting dilemma that serves as a barrier to innovation" - Globe and Mail
"The more you practice, the more you discover your strengths and weaknesses"- Ade Sobanjo
"Innovation is the only sustainable strategy for creating long term value" - Gary Hamel
"If there's a way to do it better, either find it or find someone that can help you find it" - Patrick Egbunonu
Happy New Year!
Patrick
