“discovering (or creating) new market space (that is, innovation!) should be the goal and ambition of every company.” — Constantinos C. Markides Copy Share Image
Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle. — Jessica Livingston Copy Share Image
There was a magical breakthrough when the computer became cheap and we could see that everyone could afford a computer. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Invention requires both disciplines, strict common sense and wild imagination. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Ray Kurzweil says: “An invention needs to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which… — Salim Ismail Copy Share Image
“The greatest setback can lead to your greatest breakthrough. Trust and believe that all things are working together for your good. ” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The companies that get innovation right, again and again, are the ones that feel what their customers feel. That is true user-centered… — Sohrab Vossoughi Copy Share Image
The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
“the breakthrough researcher first discovers the fundamental causal mechanism behind the phenomena of success. This allows those who are looking for “an… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
Innovations and discoveries have created new industries giving more and more Americans better jobs and adding greatly to the prosperity and well… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
With every innovation that has happened, we somehow, our country, our society has found jobs and a means of income for people… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about… — Jay S. Walker Copy Share Image
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In an increasingly non-linear economy, incremental change is not enough-you have to build a capacity for strategy innovation, one that increases your… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Innovation is not born out out of a committee; innovation is a fight. It’s messy, people die, but when the battle is… — Rands Copy Share Image
The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them… Think… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“The industrial economy put a premium on the repetitive delivery of process-driven factory work. This is what delivered quality products, consistently. The… — Gyan Nagpal Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Will looked at Evie funny. "Advertising?" "Yes. You've heard of it, haven't you? Swell modern invention. It lets people know about something… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
The best ideas aren't hidden in shadowy recesses. They're right in front of us, hidden in plain sight. Innovation seldom depends on… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
Financial innovation can be highly dangerous, though almost no one will tell you this. New financial products are typically created for sunny… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
What enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Historically, people have flocked to Silicon Valley because of the belief that that's where the latest innovation is happening. It's a snowball… — Taavet Hinrikus Copy Share Image
It's like a kid opening gifts on Christmas. The people who come to re:Invent are really excited about what the cloud is… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
Fighting Climate Change calls for innovation, cooperation and will power to make the changes that the world needs. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Together, we will continue to drive innovation through durable partnerships that leave no one behind. — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
The world's most innovative companies are not corporations driven by profit, but movements driven by a cause. — Alexander Den Heijer Copy Share Image
EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Your dreams! Your ideas! Your inventions! Your vision! Never let anyone tell you You cant! — Michael_IsHere Copy Share Image
Being innovative drives your mind to something new ideas which generates positive potential force in your action. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
In an era of transparency, you can have innovation without branding, but you cannot have branding without innovation. — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
The new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Observation is a critical activity in the innovation process to understand the context of an issue from a human perspective.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
“Innovation tends to come in two flavors: (1) sudden and unexpected, and (2) planned, yet doggedly obtained.” — Randy Bartlett Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, innovation is the state of mind to think and do things from a new angle.” — Pearl Zhu Copy Share Image
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest? — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Dear inventors of Tampons, How awkward was it for you to explain your invention to everyone? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
