Quotes by Innovation The transformation of part of the northern part of this continent into "America" inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation, and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto, with or without the participation of those who wish they had never been born. Christopher Hitchens innovation opportunity america Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered. Christopher Hitchens innovation doubt mean I appear as a skeptic, who believes that doubt is the great engine, the great fuel of all inquiry, all discovery and all innovation. Christopher Hitchens innovation discovery believe Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business. Christopher Lasch conservation innovation order Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print. Chuck Close painting innovation results Good design is partially creativity and innovation, but primarily knowledge and awareness. Chuck Green innovation creativity design We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change. Chuck Jones innovation confusion art Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution. Clay Shirky innovation creativity creative An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better. Clayton Christensen innovation done people Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning. Clayton Christensen innovation motivation successful Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them. Clayton Christensen efficiency innovation jobs Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something and it doesn't work and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet. Ultimately you become commercially successful. Clayton Christensen innovation successful trying If a company truly wants to resolve the innovator's dilemma, it does need to be able to create wave after wave of disruptive innovation. And those disruptive innovations will typically grow to the point where they do cause some pain for leading companies. But most disruptive innovations create substantial new growth before they cause that pain. Clayton Christensen innovation growth pain The innovations are far more important because the technology itself has now way to impact the world for good until it's embedded in the business model. Innovation it's the combination of the simplifying technology and the business model. Clayton Christensen innovation technology important The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption. Companies in fact are specifically organized to under-invest in disruptive innovations! This is one reason why we often suggest that companies set up separate teams or groups to commercialize disruptive innovations. When disruptive innovations have to fight with other innovations for resources, they tend to lose out. Clayton Christensen innovation team fighting Only the general manager can mold the resources, processes, and values that affect innovation , into a coherent capability to develop and launch superior new products and services repeatedly. Clayton Christensen mold innovation process Most companies think of disruption as a threat. But disruptive innovations have tremendous growth potential. If incumbent companies can learn how to harness the forces of disruption, they too can improve their ability to create new-growth businesses. Clayton Christensen innovation growth thinking We have found that companies need to speak a common language, because some of the suggested ways to harness disruptive innovation are seemingly counter-intuitive. If companies don't have that common language, it is hard for them to come to consensus on a counter-intuitive course of action. Clayton Christensen innovation action common Innovation simply isn't as unpredictable as many people think. There isn't a cookbook yet, but we're getting there. Clayton Christensen innovation people thinking The answer is the disruptive innovator, an outsider, who creates a product or service for the non-existing consumer in a non-existing market for almost no profit. Clayton Christensen outsiders innovation answers «4567891011121314»