|
Quote |
Author |
Company |
|
The idea flow from the human spirit is
absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is
tap into that well. |
Jack Welch |
GE |
|
The
operative assumption today is
that someone, somewhere, has a
better idea; and the operative
compulsion is to find out who
has that better idea, learn it
and put into action
–
fast. |
Jack Welch |
GE |
|
It's essential to build a
culture where there's no
such thing as a bad idea...
More |
Nolan
Bushnell |
uWink |
|
We have this great internal list where
people post new ideas and everyone can go on and see them. It's like
a voting pool where you can say
how good or bad you think an idea
is. Those comments lead to new ideas. |
Marissa
Mayer |
Google |
|
If
you go through life convinced
that your way is always best,
all the new ideas in the world
will pass you by. |
Akio Morita |
Sony |
|
Large numbers of small ideas
allow an organization to reach
levels of performance that are
otherwise unachievable. Without
them, it is impossible to attain
excellence. |
Alan Robinson and Dean
Schroeder |
Ideas Are Free |
|
A
person who can create ideas
worthy of note is a person who
has
learned
much from others. |
Konosuke
Matsushita |
Panasonic |
|
All
ideas must have passionate
advocates behind them -- people
who understand that business
improvement initiatives are
vital to a company's success.
These idea practitioners are the
critical links between ideas and
action. |
Thomas Davenport, |
Babson College |
|
So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it
around, just see what different people think, get people talking
about it, argue with people about it,
get ideas moving among that
group of 100 people,
get different people together to explore different aspects of it
quietly, and, you know – just explore things...
More |
Steve Jobs |
Apple |
|
The
best way to have a good idea is
to have lots of ideas. |
Linus Pauling |
Nobel Prize winner |
|
Make
brainstorming a religion.
The buzz of a good brainstormer can infect a
team
with optimism and
sense of opportunity
that can carry it through the
darkest and most pressure-tinged
stages of the project. |
Tom Kelley |
IDEO |
|
I
also stress the importance of
getting something out there,
even if the product isn't 100%
of what we envisioned.
Researchers always want to go
for that last 2% of performance,
but I have to remind them that
it's better to get a sufficient
solution out fast and then
continue to enhance it. |
Mark Dean |
IBM |
|
Give up control and give it
away, ... The more you give your
idea away, the more your company
is going to be worth...
More |
Seth Godin |
Squidoo |
|
People will accept your ideas
much more readily if you tell
them Benjamin Franklin said it
first. |
David H. Comins |
Oxford |
|
It
is one thing to have a great
idea – it is another to bring it
to life. For innovation to
thrive you need an
ecosystem that can transform
an idea into something truly
meaningful. |
Ben Verwaayen |
Alcatel-Lucent |
|
In
the modern world of business, it
is useless to be a
creative
original thinker unless you can
also
sell what you create.
Management cannot be expected to
recognize a good idea unless it
is presented to them by a
good
salesman. |
David Ogilvy |
The Ogilvy Group |
