Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

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Other Innovation Quotes :
- Innovation is the transfer of new ideas or the adaptation of new concepts, until the final stage of a product, process or service activity.
- To become a better you, don’t keep doing the same things all the time.
- The true work of innovation is not coming up with something big and new, but instead recombining things that already exist.
- Curiosity is the secret map to accessing and mining your customer’s imagination.
- The alluring, long-shot chance of a huge gain is the grease that lubricates the machine of innovation.
- Innovation is the art at the eyes of artist; the science at the mind of scientist; and the bridge between the art and science.
- An entrepreneur is a leader of excellence, trailblazer and pioneer who constantly brings change to their generation.
- I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.
- The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building on the new.
- Creativity isn’t meant to introduce complexity it is expected to add simplicity.
- There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.
- I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.
- There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn’t work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.
- You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.
- Flawless and faultless outcomes are not products of lawless and careless people. No lawless person is a genuine innovator.
- You can’t allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There’s a need to respect the past, but it’s a mistake to revere your past.
- The history of culture is one of negativity towards new work and new ideas, to a point where public annoyance can be seen as an endorsement.
- It’s time to get rid of the micromanagement style. Develop microencouragement.
- Innovation is the effective application of processes and products new to the organization and designed to benefit it and its stakeholders.
- The best way to predict the future is to create it.