Innovation Execution Quotes & Sayings

There are three particularly important issues involved in delivering customer value: focusing on innovation rather than efficiency and optimization, concentrating on execution, and lean thinking. — Jim Highsmith

The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history. — Robert A. Heinlein

Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations. — Vijay Govindarajan

And I think of Emily Dickinson, and my favorite poem about death, and the line that reads "I could not see to see." This is the line Ms. Sylvia copied onto the board in her beautiful cursive, which spirals away like blindweed tendrils, and then she asked the class what it might mean. I didn't even have to think about it. I just knew. To see to see, which is not exactly what Dickinson wrote, means knowing how to look. How to look to understand. How to look without your eyes. And to die, is not to see at all. Of course, I didn't actually say this out loud. — Sarah Elizabeth Schantz

If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of our loss to your neighbor. Let a better loss, inflicted by those who insult you, be absorbed by your mercy. — Isaac Of Nineveh

Begin and you're halfway there. — Alfred Armand Montapert

I think Carrot Top is hilarious. — Craig Robinson

I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era. — Brian Krzanich

Innovation is rewarded. Execution is worshipped. — Eric Thomas

Once you achieve intimacy and connection, I predict that innovation, partnership, execution and success won't be far behind. — Susan Scott

When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and your life ... In a company, high trust materially improves communication, collaboration, execution, innovation, strategy, engagement, partnering, and relationships with all stakeholders. — Stephen Covey

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there. — Armando Iannucci

In the far, far future, essentially all matter will have returned to energy. But because of the enormous expansion of space, this energy will be spread so thinly that it will hardly ever convert back to even the lightest particles of matter. Instead, a faint mist of light will fall for eternity through an ever colder and quieter cosmos. — Brian Greene

In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important. — Walter Isaacson

Bridging innovation gaps is a strategic imperative for business execution. — Pearl Zhu

Innovation = Ideas + Execution + Adoption — Jag Randhawa

Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution. — Reid Hoffman

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family. — Sister Parish

I didn't enjoy 'Topographic Oceans' at all. It was a double album, and the truth is it was padded out, and I didn't like that. But I was a fan of Yes - still am - and as such, I'm entitled to say what I think. — Rick Wakeman

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling. — Naveen Jain

I 'aint a killer but don't push me. — Lil' Wayne

I blinked and I cured my brain. — Charlie Sheen

After my older sister Pauline died, Faith dried my tears night after night as I cried myself to sleep. Faith persisted, and it woke me up every morning after, forcing me to leave the security of my down-covered cave and feel the warmth of the sun on my face. Faith never gives up. — Terri Enghofer

You need to be honest and always see new opportunities coming. So I call it intuition, innovation, execution - these are my working principles. — Roustam Tariko

Every organisation, not just business, needs 1 core competence: Tactical execution — Tony Dovale

Companies over-emphasize idea generation and under-emphasize idea execution when it comes to innovation. — Vijay Govindarajan

Does the mind will, in any given manner, without a motive, cause or ground, which renders the given choice, rather than a different choice, certain. — Jonathan Edwards

Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions. — Frans Johansson