“There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market.” NeedsHelpingTodayStrongCompanyEnvironmentProgressRiskNeededComplexesPartnersManageBrandsInnovativeMultiplying Author:Mike McGavick
“Ideas are somewhat like babies - they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?"” IdeasWould BeAsksOpportunityBornHalfCompanyBabyFoolNeededPromiseFoolishMake SenseFulfillmentDamnExecutivesInnovativeImmature Author:Peter Drucker
“The social and economic impact of innovative American researchers, companies, and workers over the course of U.S. history have been enormous.” Has BeensCoursesSocialCompanyEconomicImpactWorkersEnormousInnovativeResearchers Author:Robert Hormats
“The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind.” KnowsFirstsIdeasBehindsCompanyKnow HowMarkCome UpNew IdeasInnovative Author:Steve Jobs
“I did something rather innovative that my competitors didn't like: I took out a full-page advertisement in the Yellow Pages that listed an office on the east side of Cincinnati, and another office on the west side, while every other heating/air-conditioning company had only one location and one phone number. I was the citywide company. In fact, our 'westside office' was just an answering service taking telephone message. From the start we appeared to be a big company.” FactsBigsSidesNumbersCompanyAirOfficeMessagesPagesWestPhonesEastYellowLocationTelephonesCompetitorsInnovativeConditioningAdvertisementsHeatingBig CompaniesPhone NumbersAir ConditioningEast SideWest SideWestside Author:Kevin Harrington
“Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.” TryingImportantSimpleCompanyDesignFabricInnovativeAlways Trying Author:Nicola Formichetti
“Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.” YearsChildrenStarsCompanyFameMatureFadesInnovative Author:Gary Hamel
“The foundation of Ontario's economy is our skilled workers and innovative companies. Our government will continue its proactive approach to partnering with business and industry, investing strategically to help companies grow and create jobs in this period of economic uncertainty.” HelpingGovernmentJobsGrowsCompanyEconomyEconomicIndustryPeriodsApproachFoundationWorkersInvestingUncertaintyInnovativeProactiveOntarioSkilled WorkersPartnering Author:Brad Duguid
“I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had the research labs. We've always had the resources to be innovative, and we've been innovative in a number of businesses. But, in any big company, you have to constantly push people to look at markets and customers, rather than look internally at themselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksBigsNumbersCompanyFocusResearchResourcesCustomersMindsetConsistentInnovativeLabsBig Companies Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt