Business Quote by John Kao Download Open image “The C.E.O.'s job in a creativity-driven company is to be an impresario, not a manager.” — John Kao ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Business Company Creativity Driven Jobs Management Managers
There are not many people who understand that creative management is a very different thing than normal management. You don't manage accounts like you… — Evan Sharp Copy Share Image
Most organisations say they want creativity, but really they do not. — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, my job as a manager is to create a fertile environment, keep it healthy, and watch for the things… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
The way it works is the manager's sort of, you know, is like the hub of an artist's career. — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
“Companies preach creativity, hire for conformity and call consultants when they fail who tell them to be more creative.” — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
I would argue that the management of creativity requires a skill set that's relatively different from the traditional management skill set that is appropriate… — John Kao Copy Share Image
“no manager at any level can expect to succeed without the skill set of an organizational engineer.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius; it is character. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process… — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
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… — John Kao Copy Share Image
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… — John Kao Copy Share Image
If you are at Coca-Cola, the creative challenge is one of maintaining - rather than creating - a tremendous level of consumption for your… — John Kao Copy Share Image
In a corporate context, companies have to try very hard to oppose the enticements of conventional wisdom. They must aim for the leaps, which… — John Kao Copy Share Image
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… — John Kao Copy Share Image
All of these creative ideas and decisions about new ways to reach the consumer can be tracked with regard to how well they are… — John Kao Copy Share Image
If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Companies have to take risks to get new knowledge, in a manner similar to how jazz musicians take risks when they go after a… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or… — John Kao Copy Share Image
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… — John Kao Copy Share Image
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… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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