Quotes About Innovation

Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do.

It's hard to imagine Tim Cook blurbing a Samsung phone. That's because Apple seeks to corner the market, not to spread an idea or create a positive change. They're in the business of raising their stock price, and everything else is merely a tactic.

great marketing is the generous and audacious work of saying, "I see a better alternative; come with me.

When your organization becomes more human, more remarkable, faster on its feet, and more likely to connect

Leaders have followers. Managers have employees. Managers make widgets. Leaders make change.

What we choose to market is up to us. If the change you seek to make can't be talked about, perhaps you should find a different change worth making.

Here's the truth that you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map.

Los líderes son vulnerables, no controladores, y nos llevan a un lugar nuevo, no a la seguridad barata, rápida y sumisa.

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Marketing changed everything. Marketing created leverage. Marketing certainly changed the status quo. Most of all, marketing freed and energized the tribe.

The best way to overcome your fear of creativity, brainstorming, intelligent risk-taking, or navigating a tricky situation might be to sprint.

Great bosses and world-class organizations hire motivated people, set high expectations, and give their people room to become remarkable. The

12. If you have an idea and publish it on the Internet, that counts as a ghost of done. 13. Done is the engine of more.

You're not the only person who looks for the best choice. Everyone does. As a result, the rewards for being first are enormous. It's not a linear scale. It's not a matter of getting a little more after giving a little more. It's a curve, and a steep one.

Those who seek out discomfort are able to make a difference!

Holding on tightly to what we've got is at the heart of so many bad decisions.

The passion wasn't in making the money—it was in making a difference, solving a problem, creating a change that would help millions.

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Ninic nu este static. Nimic nu r?mâne cum a fost. Tot ceea ce construieÈ™ti, proiectezi sau comercializezi urmeaz? s? schimbe piaÈ›a.

I hope that's not so simple that it gets ignored, because it's important. It's such an effective idea that it saves children's lives every day. All the Sternins did was find the mom with the healthy kids. And then they helped the others in the village notice what she was doing. They gave that mom a spotlight, encouraging her to keep it up and, more important, encouraging others to follow her lead.

To be willing to do new things you don't think you'll like requires you to prefer the unknown. Not just to tolerate it, but to prefer it.

It doesn't make any sense to make a key and then run around looking for a lock to open. The only productive solution is to find a lock and then fashion a key. It's easier to make products and services for the customers you seek to serve than it is to find customers for your products and services.

Hugh MacLeod: "The web has made kicking ass easier to achieve, and mediocrity harder to sustain. Mediocrity now howls in protest.