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Throughout February the BBC is interviewing key innovation experts as part of its Future of Work series. Recently, the corporation spoke to Google’s Sebastien Marotte about mobile technologies and how they will shape innovation and the workplace.

He is responsible for developing business strategy and identifying new growth opportunities for Google Enterprise in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and believes that practices such as social networking and the use of cloud computing will radically accelerate the speed with which ideas are developed and brought to fruition.

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How are you feeling today? Are your creative cogs lightly greased and turning at full capacity or do they appear to be on a break as you stare at a blank piece of paper wondering where your next genius idea is going to come from?

Every now and again we all need extra dollops of inspiration and motivation to get us firing on all cylinders. So here are ten inspirational quotes about creativity and innovation to keep you on track to achieving your goals.

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“Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life.” So said American businessman Harvey Firestone. And he should know he was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one the world’s first makers of automobile tires.

But ideas and innovation are not just the province of international business leaders and inventors. Everybody is capable of tapping into their creativity and ingenuity. It’s with that thought in mind that lead Fox Business to compile a list of ten great book ideas for innovation in the workplace – just in time for Christmas.

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