Quotable Quotes: More On Innovation
March 15, 2009 by Miki Saxon
One way or another I seem to be on a creativity/innovation kick this week, so it seemed reasonable to make that the subject of today’s quotes.
First the practical…
Innovation comes from the producer – not from the customer. –W. Edwards Deming (You can’t want what you’ve never had.)
Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. –Ludwig von Mises (Got to love those early adopters!)
Now the inspirational…
There are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond our reach. –John S. Herrington (But you have to believe…)
If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It’s a process of innovation. –Jerry Greenfield (But addressing the former with no consideration of the latter is a recipe for disaster.)
Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. –William Pollard (Something that GM and Chrysler still haven’t learned.)
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Quotes are often motivating. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tony, they are, but I usually prefer the ones that teach a lesson or show up ignorance and other bad attitudes through humor or sarcasm.
I am stealing some of these to put on Twitter (with a link back here, of course.)
Thanks!
jay
Hi Jay, I don’t tweet (you can only get a dinosaur to do so much), but I’m delighted that you feel they are valuable enough to use.
For more on Deming’s thoughts on innovation see: http://curiouscat.com/deming/innovation.cfm
Thanks, John, I’m sure people will find that useful, I will.