“Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits.” CreativityInnovationProfitFearlessnessBegets Author:Ben Chestnut
“There are two sure ways to fail: never get started and quit before you succeed. Many companies promote the language of risk-taking and innovation but are so concerned with short term profit goals that their culture discourages innovation (trying new things) and abandons promising projects too soon. It shouldn't require exceptional moral courage to try new things and stick with them.” WayTryingTwoCultureLanguageGoalTermCompanyMoralFailingRiskSucceedProjectsConcernedInnovationSticksProfitQuittingAbandonNew ThingsExceptionalShort TermDiscouragingRisk-takingMoral CourageTrying New Things Author:Michael Josephson
“I try to build on our management philosophy. I try to understand what the threats and opportunities are for us. Uh, I try to make sure that we're driving innovation and creative destruction hard enough so we're not blindsided, and that our attitude is to, in starting any initiative, any business, is to focus on how we can create value for others, rather than how we maximize profit, because you can make money focusing on, "How do I maximize profit?"” TryingHardEnoughPhilosophyValuesOpportunityAttitudeCreativeFocusDestructionInnovationManagementThreatStartingProfitDrivingMaking MoneyInitiativeCreative Destruction Author:Charles Koch
“Sustaining innovation is the lifeblood of any enterprise. It is the time when we capitalize upon, and recover from, all the disruptive change prior. Most of the operating profits in the world come from sustaining innovation. Much of the market capitalization gains, on the other hand, come from disruptive innovations.” WorldHandsGainsInnovationProfitEnterpriseSustainingDisruptiveDisruptive InnovationCapitalization Author:Geoffrey Moore
“Local brands evoke national pride, are seen as less profit-oriented, and are often formed on deep local insights. But quality worries persist, innovation is questioned, the information can be woefully inadequate, they are sometimes seen to be opaque and their advertising is clearly recognised as not being of a global standard. For local brands, quality, innovation and transparency are critical hills to climb.” SometimesBusinessQualityWorryInformationPrideStandardsInnovationProfitInsightCriticalLocalsAdvertisingBrandsHillsClimbsPersistTransparencyInadequateEvokeOpaqueNational Pride Author:Miles Young
“Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.” PeopleThinkingStrongNaturalAbilityCreativityCreativeTalentSkillsInnovationProfitProductivityEmpoweringAppropriateTeamworkCreative ThinkingCreativity And InnovationCreative PowerCreative ThoughtNatural AbilityCreativity And LearningSkills And Talent Author:Edward de Bono
“Our goal is long-term growth in revenue and absolute profit - so we invest aggressively in future innovation while tightly managing our short-term costs.” LongGoalGrowthTermCostAbsolutesInnovationProfitLong TermRevenueShort TermBusiness Growth Author:Larry Page
“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
“The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.” PurposeValuesNextGrowthEconomyCreatingInnovationWaveProfitProductivityCorporationsGlobal EconomyShared Values Author:Michael Porter
“Throughout the history of the Internet, most of the innovation has come as a by-product of efforts to facilitate communication within social groups of various kinds (academics, bloggers, peer-to-peer file sharing), rather than as the result of profit-oriented investment. Rather than taking the lead, the business and government sectors have adopted innovations developed in Internet communities, and realised significant productivity gains as a result.” KindGovernmentSocialCommunityResultsEffortGroupsProductsCommunicationInternetGainsInnovationInvestmentProfitVariousLibertarianProductivitySignificantPeersAdoptedFilesRealisedFacilitateBloggersSocial GroupsFile Sharing Author:John Quiggin
“If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation.” IfsMindOpportunitySocialProcessConditionsInnovationProfitAddressesLimitlessSocial Conditions Author:Jerry Greenfield
“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
“The answer is the disruptive innovator, an outsider, who creates a product or service for the non-existing consumer in a non-existing market for almost no profit.” AnswersProductsInnovationProfitConsumersOutsidersInnovatorsDisruptive Author:Clayton Christensen