Quotes About Disruption

I think that's what happened to the record business when 'Napster' came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change.

In my opinion, one of the most exciting potentials of the blockchain relate to creating new business models, whether in public or in private settings. In most of these cases, the new models don't care for incumbents because they are mostly on a disruption quest.

You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of chaos okay, or is chaos always an evil force? I mean, these are questions that any kid who's ever been in a school cafeteria can relate to.

Having disrupted business practices, social interactions and political campaigns, 2011 will be seen as the year that the rise of the Internet first disrupted foreign relations.

When you lock a movie's release date and then move it two months, it's just not good. It's good for everything but the cast, crew, and people who are creatively trying to make a film.

A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.

Hip-hop, at its best, is disruptive.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

The holidays are the worst time to travel, and ISIS aren't making things any easier.

Breaking up a hotel room doesn't change anything.

Every time there is a major shift in technology, it's been hugely exciting and scary at the same time. I have seen some really drastic changes in technology, like shooting only film to video to digital.

I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.

Sometimes it feels good to fuck with something. Instead of always being fucked with.

Not Business as Usual, but Business Absolutely Unusual. Ray Lyman Wilbur

Eventually, the sound of me slapping myself in the face to stay alert disturbs Malik and we switch spots.

From now on, I'm opting for ontological terrorism.

My schooling was disrupted by the shortage of labor during World War I. It meant foregoing high school. Then, late in 1921, I entered upon a short course in agriculture at South Dakota State College. I managed to enter college in 1924, and I was permitted to complete my college work in three years.

Climate change is a fact, disrupting the environment, and also affecting economies, disease vectors, and political unrest worldwide.

I think the rise of A.I. is bigger than the rise of mobile. Large companies are sometimes as worried about startups as startups are about large companies. Ultimately, it will be about who delivers the best service or product.

Google worries - and rightly so - about how hard it is for a big company to come up with the next hot thing.

I worry about another leg down in the economies causing social disruption because deleveragings can be very painful - it depends on how they're managed.

Instead of worrying about potential disruption, brands can be creative societal disruptors - because their consumers will be right there by their side as committed partners in a better life.

I want to cause havoc. I want to cause mayhem - and I mean the worst mayhem you can see.

It's worth noting that everything - from the Internet to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media - were pioneered by startups, not existing companies.