“People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksMadeOpportunityLeadershipLinesLeaderCreativeProgressTaughtLimitsInnovationLimitationKindergartenNew Directions Author:John C. Maxwell
“As president, I will ensure that the United States is the global energy powerhouse of the 21st century.That means reinstating the Keystone XL Pipeline that President[Barack] Obama rejected. It also means rolling back the regulations from this administration that limit our ability to find resources by imposing regulations on hydraulic fracturing and our ability to be energy independent by regulating drilling on federal lands. As president, I will make America an energy leader through technology and innovation.” MeanStatesAmericaEnergyPresidentAbilityUnitedLeaderTechnologyUnited StatesLandCenturyLimitsResourcesInnovationIndependentAdministrationBarackRegulationRollingRejected21st CenturyImposingPresident Barack ObamaPipelineDrillingKeystonesTechnology And InnovationHydraulic Fracturing Author:Carly Fiorina
“Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest in innovation. But too much protection can strangle competition and can limit what economists call 'incremental innovation' - innovations that build, in some way, on others.” PeopleIfsWayToo MuchDrugLimitsIntellectualInnovationCompetitionPropertyProtectionInventionEconomistStolenSpursIntellectual Property Author:James Surowiecki
“Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.” InspirationalMotivationalScienceHopeImaginationImagineFutureLimitsInnovationLimitationHopefulInsightfulMy ImaginationHope For The FutureCreating The FutureCreating Our FutureImagining The Future Author:Charles Kettering
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” PeopleIfsInspirationalNeedsGivingRoomsCreativityLimitsInnovationLimitationSheepFenceIdeas And CreativityInspire Creativity Author:William L. McKnight
“I came to the conclusion long ago that limits to innovation have less to do with technology or creativity than organizational agility. Inspired individuals can only do so much.” LongIndividualBusinessCreativityTechnologyLimitsInnovationInspiredIndividualityConclusionLong AgoOrganizationalAgility Author:Ray Stata
“In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn't have existed without the openness of the platform. There's a strong tempation to close the platform, because they look at what they can accomplish when they limit the competitors' access to the platform, and they say 'That's really exciting.'” NeedsLooksHappensTodayOrderStrongLimitsHappeningsExcitingInnovationAccomplishAccessBunchOpennessPlatformsGoogleEpicCompetitorsValve Author:Gabe Newell
“The limits to innovation have nothing to do with creativity, and nothing to do with technology. They have everything to do with management capability.” CreativityTechnologyLimitsInnovationManagementCapability Author:Ray Stata
“Diversity drives innovation – when we limit who can contribute, we in turn limit what problems we can solve.” ProblemTurnsLimitsDiversityInnovationSolve Author:Telle Whitney
“Humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation.” PeopleInspirationalNeedsHumansPersonsAcceptingTechnologyEnvironmentAcceptanceBrokenLimitsBuiltInnovationLimitationDisabilityTechnologicalDisabledBuilt Environment Author:Hugh Herr