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> [There's real "right brain" creativity that goes into all of the organizational processes that a company utilizes and must continually reinvent in order to conduct its business. But there are also the "left brain" accounting functions that must continually ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/there-s-real-right-brain-creativity-that-goes-into-all-of-the/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

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> [There are some pretty obvious ways of benchmarking creativity. One way is to perform what I call a creativity audit, which is to look at your capabilities and look at your performance and examine the percentage of revenue that comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/there-are-some-pretty-obvious-ways-of-benchmarking-creativity-one-way/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

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## Other authors on Accounting

## More by John Kao

> [The impresario function is about intervening with the company's more administrative management structure. It is about trying to establish a sense of boundaries and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/the-impresario-function-is-about-intervening-with-the-company-s-more/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [The traditional model for a company like Coca-Cola is to hire one big advertising agency and essentially outsource all of its creativity in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/the-traditional-model-for-a-company-like-coca-cola-is-to-hire-one-big/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [If you are at Coca-Cola, the creative challenge is one of maintaining - rather than creating - a tremendous level of consumption for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/if-you-are-at-coca-cola-the-creative-challenge-is-one-of-maintaining/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the leaps, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/in-a-corporate-context-companies-have-to-try-very-hard-to-oppose-the/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [Coca-Cola can get really fresh output because it is getting people who are outside the traditional model and they are combining ideas in very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/coca-cola-can-get-really-fresh-output-because-it-is-getting-people/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [All of these creative ideas and decisions about new ways to reach the consumer can be tracked with regard to how well they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/all-of-these-creative-ideas-and-decisions-about-new-ways-to-reach-the/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [The imagination is like a muscle: it strengthens through use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/the-imagination-is-like-a-muscle-it-strengthens-through-use/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/if-you-come-up-with-a-new-product-you-can-very-easily-track-its/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [Companies have to take risks to get new knowledge, in a manner similar to how jazz musicians take risks when they go after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/companies-have-to-take-risks-to-get-new-knowledge-in-a-manner-similar/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/performers-may-play-in-the-studio-but-they-need-to-go-out-and-tour/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [You would not let your kids do whatever they want. So the challenge is to create accountability in a non-mechanistic way. You cannot come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/you-would-not-let-your-kids-do-whatever-they-want-so-the-challenge-is/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [There's real "right brain" creativity that goes into all of the organizational processes that a company utilizes and must continually reinvent in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/there-s-real-right-brain-creativity-that-goes-into-all-of-the/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [Instead of command and control, managing the creative process is about facilitating and permitting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/instead-of-command-and-control-managing-the-creative-process-is-about/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [Rather than managing by clarifying events, the creative process may require raising the level of uncertainty. Sometimes this can be done by issuing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/rather-than-managing-by-clarifying-events-the-creative-process-may/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

> [The conventional asset-allocation method is like sheet music. It is prescribed, it has right answers and wrong answers and it sounds about the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/the-conventional-asset-allocation-method-is-like-sheet-music-it-is/)

[John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/)

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