Real Leaders
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs Innovation is a popular topic. If I Google innovation I get somewhere north of 3 billion hits. I get links to webinars [...]
Do We Really Want Innovation?
“Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, ‘Oh no; that’ll never work. It’s too different.’“ – Nolan Bushnell If there is one word I hear more than any other as I visit [...]
More of the Same
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein I like using quotes from Einstein because they make me think. I think the quote above is just [...]
Innovation – THE Competitive Advantage
“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard One of the most important things an [...]
Are You Innovating or ‘Experiencing’?
“In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.” – J. Paul Getty One of the most valued things in our world is experience. We often talk about how experience helped us get [...]
What About Growth? (Part II)
“Growth demands the temporary surrender of security.” – Gail Sheehy Last week’s blog centered around some ideas for kick-starting growth in your business. Someone mentioned to me that a lot of [...]
3 Thoughts About Productivity and Innovation
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.” – Georg C. Lichtenberg We spend a lot of time internally, with clients, [...]