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If you look at history, innovation doesn't come from just giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where ideas can connect. ~ Steven Johnson
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs
The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present … the decline will be fast. ~ Peter Drucker
Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy. ~ Gary Hamel
Regular brainstorming is as critical to an organization as regular exercise is to your health. It creates a responsive, innovative culture. ~ Tom Kelley
Innovation is hard because "solving problems people didn't know they had" and "building something no one needs" looks identical at first. ~ Aaron Levie
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. ~ Michael Porter
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything. ~ Michael Porter
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. ~ Michael Porter
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal. ~ Michael Porter
So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving. ~ Michael Porter
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different. ~ Michael Porter
Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people. ~ Michael Porter
Winning through distinctive choices is the always-and-forever job of every strategist. ~ Michael Porter
If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete. ~ Jack Welch
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. ~ Jack Welch
Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy. ~ Jack Welch
Change before you have to. ~ Jack Welch
Before you are a leader success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. ~ Jack Welch
A leader focuses on shaping tomorrow. There is little or nothing you can do about yesterday. Learn from it but don’t waste a moment on it. Get on with tomorrow. ~ Jack Welch
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near. ~ Jack Welch
Breaking Silo Mentality
Ask CEOs what the number one innovation killer is and the odds are more than even that the answer will be “silo mentality”. Again, ask them what the biggest reason is for the failure to deliver on strategy and the phrase “silo mentality” is likely to turn up again ... Click to read
Great innovation quotations
"Great innovation quotations" says it all ... Click to read
Is poor service your Customer’s fault?
Some
time ago a blog article caught my attention. The gist of the article
was that if you are receiving poor Customer service, it may well be that
you are simply a bad Customer. Initially I was a little irritated by
the thought, but after thinking it through, I decided that aspects of
the argument hold true ... Click to read
If everyone is accountable ... no one is accountable
Disclaimer:
- I am in no way responsible for the content of this article. Any
errors, exaggerations or omissions are someone else’s fault. In fact … I
deny having written it. Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about accountability ... Click to read
If the writing is on the wall … read it!
I have of late been reading the Neil Young autobiography - Waging Heavy Peace. As a heads up, if you are a Neil Young fan, it’s a thoroughly enjoyable read. In Waging Heavy Peace, Young raises the impact that the introduction of the MP3 format has had on the music industry. Coupled with the Internet as a distribution model, the MP3 format has seen the music industry literally fall off a cliff ... Click to read
Clem Sunter's 21st Century Megatrends
Now that we are entering the fourteenth year of the current century, some of the megatrends shaping this century have become evident. As a 21st century fox, here is my top 10 list bearing in mind that these megatrends will apply for all global economic and political scenarios. In other words, they are universal rules of the game, not variables that may or may not come into play depending on which scenario you choose. I have also run them by my fellow fox, Chantell Ilbury ... Click to read
The power of evolution & a picture that tells a story
We are firm believers that there are two ways of achieving anything – by evolution, or by revolution. The notion of evolution is of particular interest to the Therefore Team. In short, we believe that small tweaks can add up to a huge impact, if the tweaks are oriented towards a clear strategic vision. The trick is the strategic vision. Without it, the small tweaks are pretty much guaranteed to take you nowhere in particular. They will, however, keep you busy ... Click to read
What's in a name? Good, Cheap and Fast
Consider
a triangle with three corners. Draw a dot on each corner … and you have
the Therefore symbol, assuming that you have one dot at the top and two
dots below it. Interestingly enough … turn the Therefore symbol on its
head … and you get the symbol for Because. Now, let’s give the dots
names … Good, Cheap and Fast ... Click to read
Great leadership quotations
"Great leadership quotations" says it all ... Click to read
The Art and Science of an Elevator Pitch
An
elevator pitch is a short / precise overview of your business and its
products and / or services, typically prepared as a sales tool. It’s
imperative that you have a well-rehearsed elevator pitch ready for when
opportunity strikes. An elevator pitch can be one of most powerful
weapons in your sales arsenal and it costs you virtually nothing to
prepare one ... Click to read
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. ~ Warren Bennis
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. ~ John Powell
Trying to do what your competitors are doing but basically a little bit better is probably not going to be the winning strategy. The problem is finding what your competitors wouldn't even consider doing. ~ Jamais Cascio
We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth. ~ Roger McNamee
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything. ~ Michael Porter
Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling. ~ Naveen Jain
Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy. ~ Gary Hamel
Innovation is hard because "solving problems people didn’t know they had" and "building something no one needs" looks identical at first. ~ Aaron Levie
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal. ~ Michael Porter
Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not smart poker. ~ Richard Roeper
What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy. ~ William E. Rothschild
So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving. ~ Michael Porter
80-90% of strategy is not about us; it's about figuring out what way the market is going. ~ Richard Fairbank
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near. ~ Jack Welch
Strategy Execution is the responsibility that makes or breaks executives. ~ Alan Branche and Sam Bodley-Scott
Creative without strategy is called "art." Creative with strategy is called "advertising." ~ Jef I. Richards
Wishing is not a #Strategy. ~ Seth Godin
A strategist’s job is to see the company not as it is, but as it can become. ~ John W. Teets
We build too many walls and not enough bridges. ~ Sir Isaac Newton.
A leader focuses on shaping tomorrow. There is little or nothing you can do about yesterday. Learn from it but don’t waste a moment on it. Get on with tomorrow. ~ Jack Welch
The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat their customers ~ Richard Branson
If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy. ~ Ralph Merkle
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. ~ Michael Porter
Before you are a leader success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. ~ Jack Welch
Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option. ~James Cameron
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ~ Peter Drucker
Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. ~ Albert Schweitzer
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple. ~ Richard Branson
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. ~ John P. Kotter
I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy. ~ Jack Canfield
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. ~ Sun Tzu
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point. ~ Henry Mintzberg
Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time. ~ Jamie Dimon
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. ~ Albert Einstein
In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last. ~ John Romero
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different. ~ Michael Porter
Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it. ~ Frank Muir
Change before you have to. ~ Jack Welch
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ~ Albert Einstein
Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people. ~ Michael Porter
If you look at history, innovation doesn't come from just giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where ideas can connect. ~ Steven Johnson
A goal properly set is halfway reached. ~ Zig Ziglar
It always seems impossible until it's done. ~ Nelson Mandela
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ~ Bill Gates
If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run, then walk, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. ~ Henry Ford.
Think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. ~ Alvin Toffler
Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals and achieve the promised results. ~ Larry Bossidy
Your strategy for success must constantly move, change and evolve. ~ Zaid K Abdelnour
Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment. ~ Jim Collins and Jerry Porras
Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy". ~ Jack Welch
Obsessively specialise. No niche is too small if it's yours. ~ Seth Godin
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs
A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all. ~ Michael LeBoeuf
Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first. ~ Andrea Jung
Worse than failure is succeeding at something that doesn't matter. ~ Jesse Lyn Stoner
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. ~ Jack Welch
You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless. ~ Charles de Gaulle
We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth. ~ Roger McNamee
Execute! Get your people to execute! ~ Sam Geist
The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present … the decline will be fast. ~ Peter F. Drucker
The secret of success is finding good people. ~ Richard Branson
Strategy, without information upon which it can rely, is helpless. ~ William J. Donovan
Winning through distinctive choices is the always-and-forever job of every strategist. ~ Michael Porter
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right. ~ Henry Ford
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. ~ Winston Churchill
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ~ Bill Cosby
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ~ Mark Zuckerberg
Execution IS strategy. ~ Fred Malek
Regular brainstorming is as critical to an organization as regular exercise is to your health. It creates a responsive, innovative culture. ~ Tom Kelley
The essence of #Strategy is choosing what not to do. ~ Michael Porter
Strategy is buying a bottle of fine wine when you take a lady out for dinner. Tactics is getting her to drink it. ~ Frank Muir
