“The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.” IdeasLeaderInnovationWorkersComplainingParadoxNew IdeasCeoHostile Author:Patrick Dixon
“When I returned as CEO in 2008, Starbucks had forgotten that meaningful innovations balance an organization's heritage with modern-day relevance and market differentiation, so we had to reorient. In one brainstorming session, we visited and observed great retailers, then asked ourselves, 'If Starbucks did not exist, what type of coffee experience would we create?” IfsModernTypeBalanceOrganizationInnovationForgottenCoffeeMeaningfulHeritageCeoSessionRelevanceStarbucksModern DayDifferentiationBrainstormingRetailers Author:Howard Schultz
“The CEO should ask what he or she can do to raise the organization's curiosity quotient. One way to do this is to seek to learn more about current or prospective customers, not to figure out which segmentation model to slot them into, but to really understand them as human beings. Another is to live at the intersections where innovation magic occurs.” WayShouldHumansAsksCan DoHuman BeingsMagicFiguresModelsOrganizationInnovationRaisesCuriosityCurrentsCustomersOne WayCeoIntersections Author:Scott D. Anthony
“To fix the business, to bring it back to health, you must assimilate enough of the disruptive innovation to modernize the operating model without jettisoning your business model. This typically requires new leaders and definitely requires new (if temporary) rules. The CEO is the only person who can dictate the correct terms in a timely manner and maintain the enterprise's commitment to those terms for the duration of the rehabilitation effort.” IfsPersonsEnoughTermEffortLeaderModelsCommitmentInnovationEnterpriseTemporaryCeoDurationRehabilitationDisruptiveTimelyBusiness ModelsDisruptive Innovation Author:Geoffrey Moore
“The most effective CEOs have a primary source for tracking their markets. They meet with their teams frequently enough to keep innovation flowing, to reduce and focus costs, to be energized. They create a tight agenda and they set high goals.” EnoughGoalFocusTeamSourceCostInnovationPrimariesAgendasCeoTrackingPrimary SourceHigh Goals Author:Michael J. Silverstein
“I recall a conversation with the CEO of large electrical equipment MNC in which he began by asking me to guess how many innovation centres his firm had around the world. My guess was nowhere near the 160 that turned out to be the answer. Not surprisingly this CEO recognized that his firm's ability to innovate was being hampered by the huge size of their footprint which brought few benefits as it was inefficient, there was duplication across sites and competition between them. In this and most other cases, the costs of the expanded footprint outweigh the benefits.” WorldAbilityInnovationCompetitionFirmCeoElectricalFootprint Author:Yves Doz
“For CEOs today, it's all about acheieving growth and efficiency through innovation. It's not about product innovation so much anymore as about innovating business models. process, culture and management.” TodayCultureProcessGrowthProductsModelsInnovationManagementEfficiencyCeoBusiness Models Author:Ginni Rometty
“When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.” InspirationalInspirationSuccessMotivationBusinessEconomyCrazySelf ImprovementInnovationPreparedNutsBusiness SuccessBe PreparedCeoBillionaireLarryInnovatorsGreat BusinessStarting A BusinessBrilliant Minds Author:Larry Ellison