Business quotes...

"The best way to kill creativity in a team is letting the boss speak first"

-- Victoria Holtz "The ability to innovate is only as good as how one can accept changes and take risks." -- Franco Paolo Liu Eisma "Managing and innovation did not always fit comfortably together. That's not surprising. Managers are people who like order. They like forecasts to come out as planned. In fact, managers are often judged on how much order they produce. Innovation, on the other hand, is often a disorderly process. Many times, perhaps most times, innovation does not turn out as planned. As a result, there is tension between managers and innovation." -- Lewis Lehro, about the first years at 3M "A focus on cost-cutting and efficiency has helped many organizations weather the downturn, but this approach will ultimately render them obsolete. Only the constant pursuit of innovation can ensure long-term success." -- Daniel Muzyka, Sauder School of Business, Univ. of British Columbia "Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things." -- Roger Enrico, former chairman, Pepsico "The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B." -- James Yorke, mathematician "Never innovate to compete, innovate to change the rules of the game." -- David O. Adeife "Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible." -- Frank L. Gaines "If you can dream it, you can do it." -- Walt Disney