“But innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.” MenHumansMeanOrderUniverseChangeChanceViewsResponsibilityRolesRiskAcceptanceInnovationMethodCertaintyAssertionTaking RisksHuman Power Author:Peter Drucker
“When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.” TogetherChanceGreaterProgramRootsInnovationVariousLocalsWorking TogetherOwnershipStakeholder Author:Ruth Simmons
“We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.” KnowsLifeShouldSuccessLife IsDiesChanceOur LivesInnovationChosenExcellentDifferent JobsDamn Good Author:Steve Jobs
“The trouble is that the risks that are being hedged very well by new financial securities are financial risks. And it appears to me that the real things you want to hedge are real risks, for example, risks in innovation. The fact is that you'd like companies to be able to take bigger chances. Presumably one obstacle to successful R&D, particularly when the costs are large, are the risks involved.” WantWellsRealFactsAbleChanceCompanySuccessfulRiskTroubleSecurityExampleInvolvedCostBiggerInnovationFinancialObstaclesReal ThingsFinancial RiskFinancial Security Author:Kenneth Arrow
“I think there's even a chance that [R&D and innovation budgets] might be increased [during Donald Trump Administration] and we should go and make that case to the executive branch, to the Congress.” ThinkingShouldMightChanceCasesTrumpInnovationCongressAdministrationBudgetsBranchesExecutivesExecutive Branch Author:Bill Gates
“International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers. When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.” ImportantTogetherChanceAnswersGreaterProgramRootsInnovationUniversityInternationalVariousLocalsExpertsAgencyContributionWorking TogetherOwnershipAssistanceStakeholderImportant Contributions Author:Ruth Simmons
“In the business world, there are systems and processes for just about everything else. Yet creativity and innovation, arguably THE most important aspects of progress, are often left to happen by chance. The system provides a scaffolding for creative support and exploration, yet is open enough to avoid curbing creativity or outputting cookie-cutter solutions.” WorldImportantEnoughChanceCreativitySupportCreativeProgressSolutionsInnovationExplorationScaffolding Author:Josh Linkner
“In general, the questions that are on our mind are the same questions that have been driving our work over the past decade. How do we bring order to this messy, unpredictable world of innovation? How can we dramatically improve the chances of creating a successful new-growth business? How can we do this again and again? More specifically, it has become very clear that the fundamental paradigms of market segmentation and branding are badly broken - and we're working on developing more useful theories for these dimensions of innovation.” WorldMindPastChanceSuccessfulBrokenInnovationDrivingBrandingUnpredictableMessyParadigmOver The Past Author:Clayton Christensen
“I think it perfectly just, that he who, from the love of experiment, quits an approved for an uncertain practice, should suffer the full penalty of Egyptian law against medical innovation; as I would consign to the pillory, the wretch, who out of regard to his character, that is, to his fees, should follow the routine, when, from constant experience he is sure that his patient will die under it, provided any, not inhuman, deviation would give his patient a chance.” ThinkingGivingShouldCharacterLawScienceDeathSufferingDiesChancePracticeInnovationRegardConstantMedicinePatientMedicalQuittingExperimentsRoutinePenaltiesUncertainApprovedFeesInhumanEgyptianDeviation Author:Thomas Beddoes
“It necessarily follows that chance alone is at the source of every innovation, and of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance, absolutely free but blind, at the very root of the stupendous edifice of evolution: this central concept of modern biology is no longer one among many other possible or even conceivable hypotheses. It is today the sole conceivable hypothesis, the only one that squares with observed and tested fact. And nothing warrants the supposition - or the hope - that on this score our position is ever likely to be revised. There is no scientific concept, in any of the sciences, more destructive of anthropocentrism than this one.” FactsScienceHopeChanceEvidenceTestsInnovationObservationBiologyHypothesisFactBiosphereAnthropocentrismCentral Concept Book:Chance and necessity: an essay on the natural philosophy of modern biology Source: Chance and necessity: an essay on the natural philosophy of modern biology