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Innovation springs from many sources…
Necessity: the mother of invention.
Experience: the wisdom to recognize what must be changed.
Inexperience: the fearlessness to follow instincts.
Intelligence: the wits to make things happen.
Drive: the need to do it first and to do it best.
Persistence: the strength to see it through.
Content: Quotation | Author: Unknown | Subject: Innovation
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When hiring candidates, ask for their operating manual. Tell candidates: “Imagine you’re a robot. What does your manual say under ‘ideal operating conditions.’” Once they answer, follow-up with this question: “What does the ‘warning label’ say?” You’re likely to get insightful, unpredictable and humorous answers in this very low-lift way of gauging self-awareness and revealing personality.
Content: Quotation | Author: Unknown | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Human Resources
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If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold
Content: Quotation | Author: Unknown | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Marketing / Sales
Yesbutters and Whynotters
Yesbutters don�t just kill ideas.
They kill companies, even entire industries.
The yesbutters have all the answers. Yesbut we�re different.
Yesbut we can�t afford it.
Yesbut our business doesn�t need it.
Yesbut we couldn�t sell it to our workforce.
Yesbut we can�t explain it to our shareholders.
Yesbut let�s wait and see.
All the answers. All the wrong answers.Whynotters move Companies.
The next time you�re in a meeting, look around and identify
the yesbutters, the … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Unknown | Subjects: Achievement, Attitude, Organizational Behavior