Why do people do crossword puzzles? There's no reward for completing one, but some people just like the challenge. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Checklists are really helpful ways to remind people around how to manage complicated tasks. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Some people who were central to former success aren't the right people for your future success. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Most startup companies have two people, and they figure out creative ways to swarm problems. They move faster and have more impact. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
People who live in more than two countries are more successful innovators. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
I think people make innovation much more complicated than it needs to be. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
I use the term "fool's gold white space" to highlight a common problem for innovation. People see a market that doesn't exist,… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
The number one thing I urge people to remember is it is all about being scientific about managing strategic uncertainty, while striking… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
When we are looking at ideas, we really are thinking of three things. Are you doing something that seems consistent with the… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
In the strengthening the core job, a leader can draw on their past experiences. After all, in most cases they did the… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
People will try to copy what they can see, which is the final product or service, but it's much harder to see… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
The curious company studies the anomalies or the unexpected findings. The company that isn't curious ignores them or punishes people who don't… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
So many people tell me that they aren't creative or they aren't innovative, and it's just not true. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
All disruptive innovators make it easier and more affordable for people to do what matters to them, and follow a strategy that… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
When you are motivating people to do amazing things, you have to win over both their rational side and their emotive side. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
People who copy what exists copy a point-in-time artifact, and if you are managing the process correctly you are already hard at… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
We've got some great big problems in our world. We have to figure out how to feed 10 billion people. Too many… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
The need to be thoughtful about experiment design is particularly acute within large companies, since some of the behaviors, such as having… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Bring different groups together internally, send them out to visit other companies, or bring in interesting speeches. Show that you love learning… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing to do is to recognize the fundamentally different circumstances of pursuing growth. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Every leader needs to watch what teenagers or startup companies - or startup companies headed by teenagers - are doing today, because many of… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
In the strengthening the core job, a leader can draw on their past experiences. After all, in most cases they did the job of… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
If you are a large company and you want to do something unique, you almost by definition have to tap onto the core business… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
You still want to be thoughtful about what you do, no doubt, but you have to learn through trial-and-error experimentation as well. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
It takes a great deal of humility to recognize you have made a wrong turn on the road to successful innovation, but better to… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
“Creating a new business from scratch is hard, but executives of incumbents have the dual challenge of creating new businesses while simultaneously staving off… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Make sure that you take the time to think about how other companies might respond to your idea, both those companies already in the… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Aside from the equivalent of blowing up the lab or letting a pathogen escape, the only failure is spending too long or too much… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
