Innovate Yourself Quotes & Sayings

Fear of criticism is a powerful deterrent because the criticism doesn't actually have to occur for the fear to set in. Watch a few people get criticized for being innovate, and it's pretty easy to convince yourself that the very same thing will happen to you if you're not careful. — Seth Godin

The prescription for better health care is more freedom to innovate, not remote-control surgery from Washington. — Arnold Kling

Small business owners are fighting every day to create and innovate, but continue to face government barriers to job creation. — Peter Roskam

You can't rest on your laurels. You have to continue to innovate; you have to continue to be different. — Keith Belling

A bridge-like CIO has the mind to think via the multidimensional lens, the gut to innovate fearlessly; the strategy to lead wisely and the skill to move progressively. — Pearl Zhu

Remember too that business entrepreneurs can be iconoclasts, hermits, and even cranks. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, reportedly wasn't Mr. Warm-and-Fuzzy in person. He was a perfectionist. But whether they innovate with computers or with education, business and social entrepreneurs share a sense of wonder, curiosity, and the ability to scan for opportunity. They are prone to resilience, either through practice or nature, and it pays off for them. So they keep looking at the world with wide-eyed anticipation for more opportunities to test their mettle, to create new things and ways of accomplishing goals and meeting needs. — Pamela Price

A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about. — J.A. Konrath

Failure isn't something to be embarassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate. — Gavin Newsom

Be aware. Be Curious. Be Clever. Innovation is Something to be Reckoned with. — Daniel C. Tomas

When creativity is the goal, schools must have their own platforms to network and innovate. — Andy Hargreaves

We tend to think that, in a traditional organisation, people are producing results because management wants results, but the essence of a high-quality organisation is people producing results because they want the results. It's puzzling we find that hard to understand, that if people are really enjoying, they'll innovate, they'll take risks, they'll have trust with one another because they are really committed to what they're doing and it's fun — Peter Senge

To become a better you, don't keep doing the same things all the time. — Israelmore Ayivor

A lot of Americans desperately want to believe that China is full of poor people who can't innovate, and the only goods they make are cheap, toxic rip-offs our Western brands. They want to believe the only reason the Chinese economy is surging is because the West wants cheap goods and China knows how to make them that way. — Sarah Lacy

It is the people who innovate that inspire, and innovation is not born of the status quo. — Michele Jennae

Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business. — Richard Branson

If you think about making a difference in the community, my family has always had a strong interest in the arts. I'm always interested in finding ways to innovate ... It's a blend; it's not a point focus. — Paul Allen

The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament. — Apple Inc.

We must first get over the myth that older workers can't innovate. — Vivek Wadhwa

The success of SYNC is another proof point that we are doing just that. We will continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers' lifestyles. — Alan Mulally

As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical. — Kara Swisher

Instead of going back and looking at the question, people tinker with the solution, trying to make it fit."-Claude Legrande ... "The consequences of failing to do that [in our personal lives] are the same as those facing businesses - even more dire, perhaps, because what's being squandered isn't just the potential for profits. It's the potential for happiness. We miss opportunities to innovate and to make positive changes in our lives when we aren't willing to question ourselves. — Amanda Lang

Take risks in order to innovate — Anna Bligh

The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent. — Jeff Bezos

Never despise the talents you have. It is by them that you will do something that has not yet come into existence until you were born. — Israelmore Ayivor

Tough is to innovate; else you are just competing with photocopy machines. — Vikrmn

Why are so many people afraid to take such small steps to help others? One of the most common reasons is that they are just embarrassed to be doing something they're uncertain about. They're afraid of being rejected or appearing foolish. But you know what? If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play "full out." You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work - and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach. Otherwise, how could you innovate, how could you grow, how could you discover who you really are? — Anthony Robbins

The core value that differentiates Apple is our ability to innovate. — Ron Johnson

Companies want to innovate. Companies that don't innovate wither on the vine. The connection between STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and the financial stability of a nation is what needs to established. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

President Obama is the best-known politician to be exploring the possibilities of new technologies to converse with the people. Others must follow his lead and innovate. It is inevitable. — Eduardo Paes

The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast. — Peter Drucker

Make a technical contribution; innovate, don't emulate. — David Packer