Quotes

"Lovers of Antiques and Progressive Thinkers are at war...Progress is achieved through experimentation; the decision will be awarded on the field of battle of the 'new'", Le Corbusier

“It’s an act of revolution and rebellion to be open-heartedly joyful and joyous and and uplift the world” Rainn Wilson

"Unlearn to learn. Learn to unlearn." Barry Diller

“Don't push the river, it flows by itself.” – American Proverb

"The mercenaries will always beat the draftees, but the volunteers will crush them both"

“The Work Will Teach You How To Do It” Estonian wisdom

"Don't confuse activity for results", Cargill Executive

"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain", Henry Ford

"A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done." Peter F. Drucker - this is one of my favorite reminders Michael Dockham

"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" - Linus's Law

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice." - Unknown

"Stick out of the bag" - Jost Hopperman, Forrester Research (used multiple times in "Global Enterprise Architecture" tele conference, yet we still don't know what it means.

"Just cause you have a picture, doesn't mean you have a model." - SYSCO, durring ICEX virtual session, business modeling for IT.

"Excellence comes from specialization."

"'Caminante, no hay un camino.' Traveler, there is no road. This road shall be made by walking. A poetic way to remind us to grow a highly adaptive culture." Chris Kopka

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see. — Leroy Eimes

See the good in people and help them. — Mahatma Gandhi

Innovation Quotes

Some people have ideas. A few carry them into the world of action and make them happen. These are the innovators - Andrew Mercer, Innovator

"Nearly every person who develops an idea works up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged." - Thomas Edison

"Nobody ever came with a great idea all by themselves.“ - Thomas Edison

Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires "courageous patience.“ - Warren Bennis

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out - Maxwell Planck

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

The next information revolution is forcing us to redefine what business enterprise actually is— the creation of value and wealth. - Peter Drucker

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth. - Peter F. Drucker

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. - Thomas Edison

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. - Thomas Edison

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have. - Emile Chartier

The second assault on the same problem should come from a totally different direction. - Tom Hirschfield, Physicist

Almost every advance in art, medicine, agriculture, engineering, marketing, politics, education, and design has occurred when someone challenged the rules and tried another approach. - Roger von Oech

Sacred cows makes great steaks. - Richard Nicolosi, Businessperson

Anyone can look for fashion in a boutique or history in a museum. The creative person looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport. - Robert Wider, Journalist

We learn by trial and error, not by trial and rightness. - Roger von Oech

Your Explorer is your role for searching for new information and resources;

Your Artist is your role for turning these resources into new ideas;

Your Judge is your role for evaluating the merits of an idea and deciding what to do with it; and,

Your Warrior is your role for carrying your idea into action. - Roger von Oech