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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
