Forge Ahead with these Business Innovation Quotes

May 27, 2013 By IdeaConnection

Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROPTap into your inner wisdom and creativity by heeding the messages of these inspirational quotes about business innovation.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” – William Pollard, clergyman

Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires ‘courageous patience.’” – Warren Bennis, scholar and organizational consultant

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” – Elbert Hubbard, philosopher

A business has to be evolving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative interests.” – Richard Branson, business magnate

Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.” – Zig Ziglar, author and motivational speaker.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” – Peter F. Drucker, management consultant and author

Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” – Howard Aiken, computer scientist

Large corporations welcome innovation and individualism in the same way the dinosaurs welcomed large meteors.” – Dilbert comic strip

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.” – Grace Hopper, computer scientist


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