“If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what customers want, i.e. they don't actually quite know they want it. That's what innovation's about. With Plan A, we didn't wait for the consumers to tell us.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsShouldWaitingHalfLeaderStepsPlansLateInnovationCustomersConsumersToo LateBusiness LeadersGood Business Author:Stuart Rose
“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
“The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.” IdeasLeaderInnovationWorkersComplainingParadoxNew IdeasCeoHostile Author:Patrick Dixon
“Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.” ThinkingMeanProblemSocialProcessLeaderRiskCreatingInnovationEntrepreneurSomething NewPhilanthropyPhilanthropicPhilanthropistCreating SomethingNonprofits Author:Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
“The best leaders are apt to be found among those executives who have a strong component of unorthodoxy in their character. Instead of resisting innovation, they symbolize it.” CharacterFoundStrongLeaderInnovationExecutivesComponentsResistingBest Leader Author:David Ogilvy
“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