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Christopher Galvin Biography

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Christopher Galvin, born on March 21, 1950, and passed away in 2011, is an individual whose profession is currently unknown. Details about his life and achievements are not available.

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“When does your next idea come? You don't really know yet, and therefore there's a lot of uncertainty associated with innovation companies. Most often, the true innovators have to stand all by themselves at the beginning and predict that the world will be different.”

Knows World Doe Ideas Different Next Company Innovation Uncertainty Innovators

Author:Christopher Galvin

“The way that Wall Street works is most people like very steady quarterly earnings, and they like to be very popular instead of unpopular and they don't like to be the nail that sticks up, as they say.”

People Way Streets Wall Sticks Steady Nails Earning Very Popular

Author:Christopher Galvin

“What most people don't understand about failure in innovation is that it's an investment. It's actually an investment in experience.”

People Innovation Investment

Author:Christopher Galvin

“Once people have tried to do something they think is uniquely innovative and it doesn't work, they're actually now more valuable because they know what not to try the next time, or what to try differently.”

People Thinking Knows Trying Next Valuable Next Time Innovative

Author:Christopher Galvin

“If you want to be an innovator, you have to take risks. And sometimes things work and sometimes they don't work.”

Ifs Want Sometimes Risk Innovators

Author:Christopher Galvin

“Leading innovation can be a uniquely lonely and unpopular thing because most of the time, you have to stand by yourself saying, "Everybody sees the world this way. I see the world another way."”

World Way Lonely Innovation Another Way

Author:Christopher Galvin

“You have to give credit where credit's due. Steve [Jobs] has been probably the single hardware/software forward-looking thinker and executor in our lifetime as an individual. He's quite a brilliant innovator.”

Giving Has Beens Jobs Individual Lifetime Credit Dues Brilliant Thinker Software Innovators Hardware Executors

Author:Christopher Galvin

“The Galvins like to think about certain things that most people think are impossible, and then we like to engage a process to try to make them possible.”

People Thinking Trying Certain Process Impossible

Author:Christopher Galvin

“We Galvins define leadership as 'taking people elsewhere.'”

People Elsewhere

Author:Christopher Galvin

“I took a long view in order to not destroy the core Galvin-defined principles imbued in Motorola, such as constant respect for people, its instincts for breakthrough innovation, and continuous renewal in thinking and process rigor.”

People Thinking Long Order Process Views Principles Innovation Constant Instinct Core Defined Breakthrough Renewal Rigor

Author:Christopher Galvin

“While we very much regret the impact this will have on certain employees, we must adjust our production capacity to the reality of current business conditions and reduce costs to improve overall financial performance.”

Reality Certain Conditions Regret Cost Capacity Performances Impact Financial Currents Productions Employee

Author:Christopher Galvin

About the Author

Born: March 21, 1950
Died: 2011
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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