Seth Godin Innovation Quotes & Sayings

It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that.
You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure.
As soon as you say, 'failure is not an option,' you've just said, 'innovation is not an option.' — Seth Godin

It's not time," "Take it easy," "Wait and see," "It's someone else's turn" - none of these stalls are appropriate for a leader in search of change. There's a small price for being too early, but a huge penalty for being too late. The longer you wait to launch an innovation, the less your effort is worth. — Seth Godin

More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation. — Seth Godin

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works. — Seth Godin

You win by trying. And failing. Test, try, fail, measure, evolve, repeat, persist, ... — Seth Godin

No organization ever created an innovation. People innovate, not companies. — Seth Godin

Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it. — Seth Godin

Generosity generates income. This works whether you are selling paintings or innovation or a service. Linus — Seth Godin

Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation. — Seth Godin

The act of trying to guarantee the success of an innovation is almost certain to make it less likely that it will succeed. — Seth Godin