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I define disruption as being where the incumbent players and incumbents somehow deny what their customers are saying or want differently. A disruptor comes in, sees a problem more clearly, and in some cases has more freedom to attack the problem.
— Mitch Lowe
Co-Founder of Netflix & Former Redbox CEO
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We believe innovation should be a continuous activity. It should be a capability that you are developing and attending to regularly. It requires a kind of fodder of new problems all the time in order to be refining and developing.
— Jeremy Utley
Co-Author of "Ideaflow" & Design Thinking Expert at Stanford
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The single best way to have a great idea is to produce lots of ideas. The number of new ideas your organization can produce is a metric for its ability to generate novel solutions to any given problem. Your ideaflow is the most crucial business metric that you've never considered.
— Jeremy Utley
Co-Author of "Ideaflow" & Design Thinking Expert at Stanford
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Jack said, 'Well, what do you know about PayPal?' – his response, 'I don't know anything about PayPal'. Jack then said, 'Okay, you're hired, we want you to be the CEO of Ali Pay!'
— Brian A. Wong
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The only real competitive advantage that's durable is cost and innovation – as long as innovation happens along the trajectory that takes into account stakeholders, not just shareholders.
— Mike Evans
NFL Wide Receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Super Bowl Champion
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Entrepreneurial businesses innovate, change, evolve and meet customer needs… it's about creating things that people value and love.
— Christopher Payne
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Nobody will fund innovation in perpetuity – you need to make money; you need to deliver value to your customers. When people ask me whether we want growth or profit, I say yes! Both!
— Christopher Payne
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Could there be room for innovative methods that could potentially benefit those in the same position as Josephine Hart and countless others?
— Maurice Saatchi
Co-Founder of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Agency
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If one aspires to make a positive impact on the world, shouldn't we strive for innovative solutions, perhaps even for a disease as formidable as cancer?
— Maurice Saatchi
Co-Founder of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Agency
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There will be no cure for cancer until real doctors with real patients in real hospitals can attempt an innovation.
— Maurice Saatchi
Co-Founder of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Agency
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Consider the adoption rates of various technologies: for telephone and electricity, it took approximately 15 years to jump from a 50% to 75% market share. With the advent of the internet and computers, that span dropped to 10 years. Television achieved this in only 5 years. But smartphones? They shattered all records with a mere 3-year period.
— Carl D. Marci
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The objective was to engage with endeavors so unique that they defied categorization, the pioneering ideas born on the fringes, among the mavericks.
— Kevin Kelly
Founding Executive Editor of Wired Magazine & Technology Thinker
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We quickly adopt technologies we see potential in and dismiss those that don't seem promising. Over the last five years, we have heavily invested in Artificial Intelligence, which has brought immense benefits to us and our clients.
— Ajaz Ahmed
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We view ourselves as an innovation agency, one that marries the spheres of art and technology. We also aim to foster an environment that magnetises highly skilled individuals who strive to produce groundbreaking and influential work.
— Ajaz Ahmed
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Our core belief is in the immense potential of technology as a force multiplier, particularly when it's rendered accessible and intuitive. From the onset, we have viewed the internet through the lens of software, rather than merely brochureware.
— Ajaz Ahmed
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My experience has shown me the importance of hiring problem solvers and builders, not just those who impose pre-established templates. The idea is not to forcefully superimpose their previous experience onto our company, but to adapt and innovate.
— Girish Mathrubootham
Founder and CEO of Freshworks, cloud-based software company