“I balance my natural drive for speed and impact with a counterbalancing drive for significance, innovation and sustained customer intimacy. This involves slowing down and moving from transactive management, which focuses on speed, content, accuracy and productivity, to transformative leadership, which focuses on significance, context, authenticity and purpose. This critical shift requires constant diligence, discipline and practice.” MovingPurposeNaturalPracticeBalanceDisciplineInnovationDown AndManagementImpactConstantCriticalCustomersSpeedProductivityAuthenticityIntimacySignificanceSlow DownDiligenceAccuracySlowing Author:Kevin Cashman
“What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.” WayYearsGrowsFocusMonthsIndustryInnovationCustomersSpeedMature Author:Jack Welch
“In 2008 we suffered an economic catastrophe, and the rules of the game fundamentally changed forever. A few years ago, you might hear a leader talking about doing things "the way we've always done it." No more. Today, nearly every industry is in the midst of massive upheaval. Today, we live in a world of dizzying speed, exponential complexity, and ruthless competition. Leaders today realize they need to innovate, and their chief concerns now focus on fostering creative and innovation within their organizations.” WorldDoneTodayRealizingLeaderForeverCreativeFocusEconomicChangedConcernInnovationCompetitionSpeedComplexityCatastrophe Author:Josh Linkner
“Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.” PeopleIdeasLightThreeNumbersCreativityFocusKeysInnovationManagementDollarsSpeedObjectivesThings To DoDivisionWorkplaceThree ThingsTransmitLeadership And ManagementSpeed Of LightBusiness ManagementGatekeepersTop ManagementManaging People Author:Jack Welch
“I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate” WayChangedMajorsInnovationCommunicateSpeedInventionDataTransmissionHigh Speed Author:Dean Kamen
“We are building a special capability at Schering-Plough to respond to these and other challenges with innovation, speed and flexibility. We aspire to continue being the company delivering the most positive change of any in our peer group, as we work to deliver our Turnaround and advance our six- to eight-year Action Agenda for transformational change.” YearsActionChallengesCompanyGroupsSpecialBuildingSixInnovationEightSpeedAgendasCapabilityPeersAspireFlexibilityDeliveringPositive ChangeTurnaroundPeer Group Author:Fred Hassan
“People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.” PeopleThinkingShouldInspiringWonderfulEconomicInnovationSpeedBlindnessAccelerationBasic Things Author:Bill Gates
“History repeats itself again, I guess. The rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don't innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about, is now five years old.” IfsYearsFiveIndustryInnovationRateDuesSpeedInventionRepeatsFive YearsUsersReplacedIphoneFive Year OldsInterfacesRepeating HistoryHistory Repeats ItselfUser Interface Author:Thorsten Heins