“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait - put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.” PeopleKnowsWantDoeSaidIdeasHandsWould BeJobsWaitingLinesRecordsPlansThousandInnovationIndependentAddMy FavoriteUglyStoresLabelsFeaturesCrucialPresentationSaying NoSaying YesRecord LabelsItunes Author:Derek Sivers
“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
“When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.” WorldFirstsHumansUsePassionLinesCreativityInformationInternetAmbitionInnovationGreedAdvertisingLiberationConformityCommerceFloating Author:Neil Strauss
“Renewal is not just innovation and change. It is also the process of bringing the results of change into line with our purposes.” PurposeProcessLinesResultsInnovationRenewal Author:John W. Gardner
“When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.” StatesCoursesLinesUnitedStepsUnited StatesFrontsInnovationAidsDevelopingProviding Author:Seth Berkley
“The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as we go forward. So even if you're not enchanted by the prospect of cosmic discovery, the prospect of dying poor may be what it takes to understand the role of this adventure in the future of the natural world in which we live.” IfsWorldLooksMayAmericaNaturalLinesPoorRolesDyingAdventureResearchDiscoveryIndiaInnovationChinaTrendsCosmicNatural WorldEnchantedResearch And Innovation Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur.” IfsWantNeedsRealLinesLeaderInnovationCommittedSignificantLocalsManagers Author:Peter Senge
“Business model innovation is constant in this economy. You start with a vision of a platform. For a while, you think there's a line of sight, and then it's gone. There's suddenly a new angle.” ThinkingLinesVisionEconomyGoneModelsSightInnovationConstantPlatformsAngleBusiness Models Author:Beth Comstock
“**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision. [first-line bold by author] [2002] p.23” NeedsFirstsEndsFormLyingDesireProcessLinesVisionProductsLuckyEssentialsDegreesAmbitionConceptsInnovationCuriosityInsightRichesPlanningRadicalThe End Of The DayForesightCocktailsNew BusinessHappenstance Author:Gary Hamel
“Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do. But "enterprise" ( a lovely word ) is about heart. About beauty. It's about art. About people throwing themselves on the line. It's about passion and the selfless pursuit of an ideal.” PeopleHeartArtValuesPassionLinesCreativityFineHonorIdealsInnovationProfitCustomersPursuitLovelyEnterpriseThrowingSelflessWorkplace Author:Tom Peters
“In order to realize the goal of creating a new starting line that anyone can instinctively understand we have come up with a design that differs greatly from any of today's controllers. We have also made bold innovations in play style as well.” WellsMadePlayTodayOrderGoalRealizingLinesStyleDesignCreatingInnovationStartingCome UpNew StartControllers Author:Satoru Iwata
“Ben and I built Ben & Jerry’s on the idea that business has a responsibility to the community and environment If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It’s a process of innovation If we were going to have a business we were going to have one that was consistent with our values We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.” IfsMindMadeTwoIdeasValuesOpportunitySocialProcessCommunityLinesResponsibilityEnvironmentConditionsBuiltInnovationBottomProfitAddressesConsistentLimitlessBottom LineJerrySocial Conditions Author:Jerry Greenfield
“I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to extrapolate from the present in a straight line. But innovation fundamentally shifts the trajectory of development.” PeopleWorldBelieveForceI BelieveLinesPowerfulDevelopmentInnovationMost PowerfulPessimisticStraight LinesTrajectory Author:Bill Gates
“I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.” LinesWonderfulBabyCitizensClothesInnovationFellowsDryDiapersChaps Author:Damon Runyon
“So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsKindPersonsProcessLinesFieldsThirdsInnovationFourthInnovators Author:Malcolm Gladwell