I've always found that working through ideas in written form really changes the thinking. — Scott D. Anthony Form Copy Share Image
Every great idea emerges out of a process of trial-and-error experimentation. — Scott D. Anthony Adversity Copy Share Image
Think about how much it costs to learn more. Sometimes you want to build confidence by knocking off the easy things. — Scott D. Anthony Building confidence Copy Share Image
Some people who were central to former success aren't the right people for your future success. — Scott D. Anthony Former Copy Share Image
What looks like resistance in many cases is rational responses to incentives and ingrained resource-allocation processes. — Scott D. Anthony Allocation Copy Share Image
Creating the new increasingly is more than 50 percent of a top leader's job. — Scott D. Anthony Creating Copy Share Image
Why do people do crossword puzzles? There's no reward for completing one, but some people just like the challenge. — Scott D. Anthony Challenges Copy Share Image
In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity. — Scott D. Anthony Culture Copy Share Image
Every leader needs to watch what teenagers or startup companies - or startup companies headed by teenagers - are doing today, because… — Scott D. Anthony Behavior Copy Share Image
Companies get into grooves and they keep sharpening what they are doing, when in fact what they really need to do sometimes… — Scott D. Anthony Company 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 Business 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… — Scott D. Anthony Approach Copy Share Image
The school at which you studied - design school, disruptive school, TRIZ school, user-centered innovation school, etc - determines the specific words… — Scott D. Anthony Design Copy Share Image
Good innovators are careful observers, network extensively, run experiments, ask lots of questions, and find ways to bring diverse ideas together. Overarching… — Scott D. Anthony Asks Copy Share Image
Anytime you see a constrained market, where consumption is limited to those who have special skills or are wealthy, that signals an… — Scott D. Anthony Consumption Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that the core characteristic that separates companies that get innovation from those that don't is a simple… — Scott D. Anthony Business Copy Share Image
One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those… — Scott D. Anthony Addresses Copy Share Image
There is what Steve Blank calls the stage where you are searching for a scalable business model. Then, there is the stage… — Scott D. Anthony Anticipate 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… — Scott D. Anthony Business 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 Able Copy Share Image
Of course, it is worth it to take the time to think carefully through your assumptions, and ensure you at least have… — Scott D. Anthony Analysis 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 140 character Copy Share Image
The CEO should ask what he or she can do to raise the organization's curiosity quotient. One way to do this is… — Scott D. Anthony Asks 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 Access Copy Share Image
Checklists are really helpful ways to remind people around how to manage complicated tasks. — Scott D. Anthony Checklists Copy Share Image
In the early stages of innovation, your goal is to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can. — Scott D. Anthony Education Copy Share Image
Leaders today face challenges for which they are utterly unprepared. — Scott D. Anthony Challenges Copy Share Image
A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching. — Scott D. Anthony Generations 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 Creative Copy Share Image
I've never seen impeccable logic be sufficient to win both the heart and the mind. — Scott D. Anthony Heart Copy Share Image
I think it is only in hindsight that you can determine whether something is a mistake or not. — Scott D. Anthony Determine Copy Share Image
Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's. — Scott D. Anthony Built Copy Share Image
You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge. — Scott D. Anthony Chips Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing to do is to recognize the fundamentally different circumstances of pursuing growth. — Scott D. Anthony Circumstances 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… — Scott D. Anthony Blowing up Copy Share Image
Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the… — Scott D. Anthony Core 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 Affordable Copy Share Image
I feel for today's leaders. I really do. They got to where they are by doing a series of jobs exceptionally well.… — Scott D. Anthony Challenges Copy Share Image
Of course if you are launching a new business you can thinking about revenues, profits, and so on, but metrics such as… — Scott D. Anthony Business 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… — Scott D. Anthony Company Copy Share Image
