Quotes About Innovation

If they were expected," she shot back, "then they wouldn't be breakthroughs, now would they?

Inspiring isn't the same as plotting.

We are fortunate to have discovered artificial intelligence at the very moment we seem to be running out of our natural supply.

reason why prosperity spread, and why it continues to spread, is the transmission of technologies and the ideas underlying them.

Companies such as Intel, IBM, General Electric, Apple, and Microsoft have also expanded their research operations abroad to countries including India, China, Singapore, and Israel in order to be nearer customers and technological talent. In fact, PricewaterhouseCoopers has estimated that 94 percent of all global companies now do some research and development outside their home countries.

The telegraph not only linked the world in real time but became a bridge to subsequent international communications breakthroughs—the radio in the 1920s, the telephone in the 1950s, the Internet in the 1990s. Even the magic of the wireless Internet rests on a solid foundation of wire cables, just like the magic of the telegraph.

Stop thinking of your product as a commodity.

Paradigm challenges are never suffered lightly by the orthodox establishment in any field.

We build cars, not intellectuals

You do not simply, mindlessly, implement the best practices. You have to think deeply about your condition. If the "best practice" seems like a useful countermeasure for your problem, you should learn from the best practice; however, what may have worked in some other place may not work for you without adjustment and even further improvement.

A cornerstone of the Toyota Way is "challenge

Toyota's concept of a good process is one that expects and reveals problems, without blame, not one that is problem-free.

we create confusion so we have to do something different in approaching this problem.

Source: Peter R. Scholtes, The Leader's Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. —Henry Ford, innovating automaker

Challenge: We form a long-term vision, meeting challenges with courage and creativity to realize our dreams. Kaizen: We improve our business operations continuously, always driving for innovation and evolution. Genchi Genbutsu: We practice Genchi Genbutsu—believing in going to the source to find the facts to make correct decisions, build consensus, and achieve goals at our best speed.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology.

Kildall] couldn't imagine being knifed in the back—certainly not by Gates. The two had known each other since Gates was a thirteen-year-old hacker in Seattle and Kildall was getting his doctorate. . . . They discussed merging their young companies . .

Dumping technology on a problem is rarely an effective solution.

In short, the command prompt is not going away. It's stronger than ever.

Criticizing and rejecting ideas and knowledge deemed to be true—inverting conventional wisdom—is more valuable at Honda than repeated success using the same concepts.

Honda has been successful because it is, above all, a company that focuses on doing one thing well—making engines that last a long time for cars, motorcycles, and so-called power products like lawn mowers, generators, snowblowers, and weed or garden trimmers.

Germany spends about twenty times more on manufacturing R&D than the United States, with much of its money targeted at factory floor activities, such as industrial design and robotics.