“When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.” WantSocialFocusShareSucceedInnovationFinancialSocial Change Author:Cameron Sinclair
“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
“If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact, this should be very relevant for public health initiatives in Michigan and elsewhere in the US.” IfsShouldSucceedProjectsProgramInnovationImpactRelevantPilotsElsewhereInitiativePublic HealthMichiganLearning More Author:Ruth Simmons
“The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.” IfsWayLooksIdeasPlaySuccessBusinessCreativitySucceedInnovationConformityConformNonconformityWay To Success Author:Michael Korda
“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” InspirationalPersonsIdeasInspirationSuccessScienceBusinessSucceedInnovationNo IdeaGood LifeOriginalityNew IdeasFunny RelationshipCreative ThinkingCreativity And InnovationBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessCrankCreative IdeasEconomic PowerIdeas And CreativityCreative ThoughtIdeas And InnovationPower Of IdeasEquatorSocial InnovationScientists And EngineersIdeas And Inspiration Author:Mark Twain
“The way to succeed is to double your error rate.” WayInspirationMotivationFailureSucceedInnovationAdversityErrorsRateFavouriteInnovativePerfectionismInnovatorsWatsonIt Is What It IsBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessInspiration And Innovation Author:Thomas J. Watson
“People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We'll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us.” PeopleKnowsWayIdeasGovernmentNamesResultsLibertyKnow HowEffectsSucceedCreatingEconomicsInnovationThreatLibertarianRegulationLibertarianismIncapableTaxationChillProsecution Author:Joseph Sobran
“Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us succeed. We've built strong democracies to protect the freedoms given to us by an Almighty God. We've welcomed immigrants, who have helped us thrive. We've built prosperous economies by rewarding innovation and risk-taking and trade. And we've built an enduring alliance to confront terrorists and tyrants.” TwoHelpingStrongGivenNationsChallengesPrinciplesEconomyDemocracyRiskSucceedProtectBuiltInnovationTradeEndureIsraelTerroristPresidentialThriveImmigrantsTyrantsAlmightyProsperousAlliancesRisk-takingAlmighty GodTwo Nations Author:George W. Bush
“America demands invention and innovation to succeed.” AmericaSucceedDemandInnovationInvention Author:Christopher Bond
“One shouldn’t believe in all those so-called innovations. There is only one nature and only one way to see it. Nowadays, they want to succeed too fast, this is how they go about inventing new aesthetics, pointillism, pipisme! All this is just to make noise.” WayWantBelieveSucceedInnovationNoiseOne WayAestheticsInventingPointillism Author:William-Adolphe Bouguereau
“When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.” IfsWorldWantIdeasTurnsSocialFocusShareSucceedInnovationImpactRoundsFinancialCome UpChanging The WorldSocial ChangePioneers Author:Cameron Sinclair