“Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.” InspirationMotivationSportsRaceSuccessfulTeamEventsInnovationSoloRunnersBreakthroughSports TeamSprintRelaysRelay Races Author:Nguyen Quyen
“I am impressed with the innovation in the wireless marketplace. The Blackberry, the iPhone, the Pre, and other smart devices are breakthrough technologies that have helped revolutionize the wireless space.” SpaceTechnologySmartInnovationDevicesImpressedBreakthroughMarketplaceIphoneWirelessBlackberries Author:Julius Genachowski
“Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.” Has BeensMajorsInnovationStringsExecutionBreakthroughMisguided Author:Frans Johansson
“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.” PeopleThinkingLongOrderProcessViewsPrinciplesInnovationConstantInstinctCoreDefinedBreakthroughRenewalRigor Author:Christopher Galvin
“Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in clean-technology costs driven by research and innovation. In the end, private capital is the real barometer of change.” RealEndsEnoughHelpingGoalResultsTechnologyCostResearchInnovationCleanDrivenSettingSettingsConsumersAppropriateAggressiveCarbonBreakthroughReductionTrajectoryBarometerResearch And Innovation Author:Vinod Khosla
“The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential to make India competitive and attractive for investment.” StatesMajorsIndiaConstitutionInnovationInvestmentAttractiveConsensusBreakthroughAmending The Constitution Author:Narendra Modi
“Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company [team], coming to work everyday to find a better way, you don't have a company[team]. You're getting ready to die on the vine. You're always looking for the next innovation, the next niche, the next product improvement, the next service improvement. But always trying to get better.” IfsWayTryingBigsDiesNextCompanyTeamReadyProductsInnovationConstantEverydayImprovementInventionGet BetterInnovativeBreakthroughAlways TryingBetter WaysNicheVinesReady To Die Author:Jack Welch
“Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.” ActionGamesWinningBattleInnovationStrategyBlockExecutionBreakthroughBreak ThroughFlawlessBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessTacklingBlocking And Tackling Author:Naveen Jain
“We paired this announcement of the R&D [commitment] with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."” EnergyCompanyReadyMajorsCommitmentInnovationSignificantHeyInvestorsBreakthroughCoalitionsAnnouncements Author:Bill Gates
“My innovation message, specifically including energy, happened to be the same week that on Monday and Tuesday I announced the Breakthrough Energy Venture Group. Then on that Tuesday afternoon, in December, was when I sat down with him. I explained the US has great science here, this is where the market for these things is going to be. It connects to less pollution, it connects to U.S. jobs, it connects to security, not needing the energy coming from far away.” JobsEnergyHappenedGroupsWeekSecurityMessagesInnovationIncludingSatAfternoonFar AwayPollutionVentureMondayBreakthroughDecemberTuesdayGreat Science Author:Bill Gates
“Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.” KnowsMeanPlayStoriesArtistCultureSpaceMistakeRolesCreativeScientistInnovationSacredCeaseProtectedBreakthroughEditsGlorifyExperimentationSacred Space Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Intellectually, perspective [drawing] is a breakthrough, because here, for the first time, the physical space we live in is being depicted as ifit were an abstract, mathematical space. A less obvious innovation due to perspective is that here, for the first time, people are actually drawing pictures of infinities.” PeopleFirstsSpaceTeachingPerspectiveFirst TimeInnovationObviousMathDuesDrawingMathematicalAbstractInfinityBreakthroughDrawing Pictures Book:Mind Tools: The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality Source: Mind Tools: The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality
“As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.” PeopleWorldLooksCountryPlayAbilityResponsibilityRolesEconomyUniqueInnovationCrisisClimate ChangeAround The WorldGlobal WarmingCarbonBreakthroughSidelinesTimes Of Crisis Author:Barack Obama
“You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.” TwoValuesThreeCompanyInnovationComplexesBreakthroughRefinementCoordinationGreat CompanyBest Company Author:Sam Altman
“The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, the more it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation.” HurtQualityCompanyInnovationManagementBreakthroughQuality Management Author:Vijay Govindarajan
“All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn’t all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it’s reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.” WayFirstsLongIdeasTogetherInnovationInventionThanksUnexpectedCollaborationSparksSequenceBreakthroughGreat Inventions Author:Scott Belsky
“Doctors...from the Office of Info. Tech. at Harvard U.(:)...Their appraisal of 46 surgical or anesthesia breakthroughs...suggested...only 13% were highly preferred (and)...in nearly half the cases the new therapy was no better than the therapy it replaced. ...About 12% of the innovations increased complications.” AgeDarkHalfCasesOfficeDoctorsInnovationMedicalTherapyReplacedBreakthroughHarvardDark AgesComplicationAppraisalAnesthesia Author:Jeffrey Bland
“What you end up seeing when you look at history is that people who have been good at pushing the boundaries of possibility, and exploring those frontiers of good ideas and innovations, have rarely done it in moments of great inspiration. They don't just have a brilliant breakthrough idea out of nowhere and leap ahead of everyone else.” PeopleLooksHas BeensIdeasEndsDoneMomentsInspirationSeeingPossibilityInnovationBrilliantBoundariesPushingLeapGood IdeasExploringBreakthroughFrontiersIdeas And Innovation Author:Steven Johnson
“Entrepreneurship must be owned by everyone to innovate and breakthrough to give value to the society.” SocietyInnovationEntrepreneurValueEntrepreneurshipBreakthrough Author:Asra Al Fauzi