Inspirational Innovation Quotes & Sayings

Great things often come from actions and decisions taken by others, that are deemed wild, stupid or unreasonable at the time, but later prove to be very useful. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Without inspiration, innovation is dead. — Liam Levi

We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood. — Charles Caleb Colton

Innovation takes practice more than talent. — Debra Kaye

Entrepreneurship is when an individual retrieves a red hot idea from the creativity furnace without the constraint of the heat of lean resources, and with each persistent blow of the innovation hammer shapes the still malleable idea against the anvil of passion, vision, insight, strategy, and principles to forge a fitting vessel of a creative concern. — Amah Lambert

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. — Steve Jobs

Those that believe this is merely a downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and as something matures, the rate of innovation does slow. — Larry Ellison

We interrogate the world by making. — Bill Bendyshe Burnett

Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth. — Amit Ray

Innovation has beauty in it. The speed of innovations is getting faster and faster. Remember that ideas are the seeds of innovation. — Debasish Mridha

Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return. — Newton Lee

Attachment to praise and avoidance of criticism keeps us from doing innovative, controversial work and--more simply--from following the paths we feel called toward, whether or not those around s understand or approve. — Tara Mohr

Everything and everyone represents at least one brand. Therefore, to brand or not to brand is not even a question. — Laura Busche

Do everything in your power to make customers go confidently in the direction of their purchase intention. — Laura Busche

In today's saturated marketplace, you'll go nowhere selling a "bunch of features." We are in the business of disrupting the market with brands that matter. — Laura Busche

Innovation is the heart of humanity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Imagination is much more important than innovation. There will be no innovation without vivid imagination. — Debasish Mridha

Your brand story's "happily ever after" involves open wallets. — Laura Busche

Theirs is the customary human reaction when confronted with innovation: to flounder about attempting to adapt old responses to new situations or to simply condemn or ignore the harbingers of change
a practice refined by the Chinese emperors, who used to execute messengers bringing bad news. The new technological environments generate the most pain among those least prepared to alter their old value structures. The literati find the new electronic environment far more threatening than do those less committed to literacy as a way of life. When an individual or social group feels that its whole identity is jeopardized by social or psychic change, its natural reaction is to lash out in defensive fury. But for all their lamentations, the revolution has already taken place. — Marshall McLuhan

Lean brands are the result of continually testing assumptions. — Laura Busche

We've got to simplify, pull back all these layers of supposed complexity , and get down to the essentials. If we want people to engage with government, we should use the same tools that are getting them engages with companies and institutions in private life. If we want people to care about political issues, we should give them a way to understand and get involved in them. — Gavin Newsom

Positioning is finding the right parking space inside the consumer's mind and going for it before someone else takes it. — Laura Busche

Embrace curiosity, be open, playful, and persistent. — Debra Kaye

Creative minds doesn't get tired. — Amit Kalantri

Innovation Big pain, no shame being same-to-same — Praveen Kumar

Innovation gives life to imagination by providing that it is true, real, and useful. — Debasish Mridha

Brands play in an exciting sandbox of symbolic meanings. — Laura Busche

A leadership comfort zone brings stagnancy, deprives one of innovation, stifles growth and frustrates both the leader and the team they lead. Your personal preferences like leadership style, communication style, prejudices, habits and mannerisms must be effectively managed so that they do not work against you. You have to be careful that your strengths do not end up becoming a hindering comfort zone. Seek to lead, driven by a cause. — Archibald Marwizi

If humans can live for 100 years, why do companies die so young. — Sukant Ratnakar

People relate to people, and if your brand feels like people, they'll relate to you, too. — Laura Busche

When you are trying to do something very innovative and revolutionary, you must also open yourself to a lot of questions. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Innovations are the magnificent elevators of a transformational life. — Debasish Mridha

T-shaped people " those with a depth of knowledge in at least one discipline and a breadth of knowledge about innovation and entrepreneurship that allows them to work effectively with professionals on other disciplines to bring their ideas to life. — Tina Seelig

All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation. — Max McKeown

When we aren't curious in conversations we judge, tell, blame and even shame, often without even knowing it, which leads to conflict."
-The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding — Kirsten Siggins

Imagination is the source of every innovation. — Debasish Mridha

Creativity, innovation, and nontraditional ways of solving problems are feared by noncreative, uninnovative, and traditional people. It causes them apprehension and consternation. They cope with their fear by criticizing people who do things differently. If nothing can ever change, nothing can ever get any better. If you don't create new ways to solve old problems, you'll always be stuck with the old problems. — Maggie Righetti

We need to act and embrace uncertainty as a pool of opportunity. — Daniel Egger

Innovation lies in a creative mind — Lailah Gifty Akita

The future is a direction, not a destination. — Edwin Catmull

What is the "Once upon a time" of your brand story? Ask yourself this: "How does what I'm building help consumers close the gap between who they are today and who they want to be tomorrow? — Laura Busche

We need new ideas and new creativities to help address contemporary issues. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I faced people from all walks of business who fully disregarded design (though they were completely influenced by it). I also met fine artists who drowned in their own work and the dense creative universe in their minds.

Then I met designers. And instantly fell in love. Let me tell you why.

Designers are familiar with critiques. They not only tolerate them but actively look out for them. They honestly believe in iterations and learn to edit down their work. They embrace simplicity and create beauty based on requirements other than their own. Design education teaches you to run away from assumptions and to have the stomach to scrap your work often.

I'm bringing this up because it's time to bridge the gap between design and business. — Laura Busche

Make sure you test your brand story's recipe with whomever you're cooking it for. — Laura Busche

Products shouldn't just work well, they must unfold well. — Laura Busche

Come out of the don'ts and impossibles. Manifest your dream. Bloom your worth. — Amit Ray

Research conquers doubt. It aligns everyone around the incontestable. Research is the key to clarity - in startups, enterprises, and life itself. — Laura Busche

Innovation is finding the door of opportunity and revealing its beauty. — Debasish Mridha

So, you don't have money to invest in your brand? You do have money for damage control, right?

Here's the thing: anyone can make your brand inferior in your absence. — Laura Busche

Brand and product don't compete. Brand is product, and everything else conforming to the unique story that consumers create when they think of you. — Laura Busche

Boredom is a lack of crazy. Its a lack of creativity. Invention. Innovation. If you're bored, blame yourself. — Katelyn S. Bolds

People change, and so do their aspirations, and so should brands. — Laura Busche

A poor attitude does not do the body any favours. Smile and the world will smile back at you. — Maurice Duffy

All human aspirations are opportunities for brands to build relationships. — Laura Busche

You may be smart, talented, and hardworking but if you do not know about an opportunity, you do not get that opportunity. At our offices, we are solving this problem for millions. — Sharad Vivek Sagar