Quotations

“Innovation — any new idea — by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience.”

“Held in the palms of thousands of disgruntled people over the centuries have been ideas worth millions – if they only had taken the first step and then followed through.”

“Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress.”

"One of the main reasons to build a prototype of your idea is that problems and solutions co-evolve. Building an approximation of what you think the solution is helps you understand what you didn't understand about the problem."

"The reason for the success of innovation consultancies lies in their ability to break paradigms rooted in organizational politics, traditions and financial incentives."

"A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. Ideas are great but there's nothing like a deadline to focus the mind."