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“I think "creativity" is better described as failing repeatedly until you get something right.”

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Seth Godin is a renowned author, speaker, and marketing expert. His works cover a wide range of fields including business, marketing, and entrepreneurship, and have won the favor of readers worldwide. Godin's books such as 'Purple Cow' and 'Free' have had a profound impact globally. more

“The wild, the absurd, the seemingly crazy: this kind of thinking is where new ideas come from ... The people capable of such playful thought carry forward their childish qualities and childhood dreams, applying them in areas where most of us get stuck, victims of our adult seriousness. Staying a child isn't easy.”

People Thinking Kind Children Ideas Dream Easy Quality Crazy Childhood Capable Adults Areas Victim Stuck Absurd Staying New Ideas Seriousness Childhood Dreams

Author:Nicholas Negroponte

“Tap the energy of the anarchist and he will be the one to push your company ahead.”

Energy Company Anarchist

Book:Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop

Source: Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop

“Could Henry Ford produce the Book of Kells? Certainly not. He would quarrel initially with the advisability of such a project and then prove it was impossible.”

Book Impossible Produce Prove Projects Quarrels Prove It

Book:Myles away from Dublin: being a selection from the column written for The Nationalist and Leinster times, Carlow, under the name of George Knowall

Source: Myles away from Dublin: being a selection from the column written for The Nationalist and Leinster times, Carlow, under the name of George Knowall

“Creative people tend to pass the responsibility for getting down to brass tacks to others.”

People Responsibility Creative Creative People Brass

Author:Theodore Levitt

“The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.”

Looks Persons Problem Mistake Worst

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“Once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the organization it used to be; it has evolved. That is the essence of learning.”

Used Company Environment Essence Organization Used To Be Adapted New Environment

Author:Arie de Geus

“We're not in cultures which support learning; we're in cultures that give us the message consistently: "Don't mess up, don't make mistakes, don't make the boss look bad, don't give us any surprises." So we're asking for a kind of predictability, control, respect, and compliance that has nothing to do with learning.”

Giving Looks Kind Culture Mistake Support Messages Asking Surprise Mess Making Mistakes Boss Consistently Compliance Predictability

Author:Walter Wriston