innovation
Jobs: In the future, it won’t be an act of faith. The hard part of what we’re up against now is that people ask you about specifics and you can’t tell them. A hundred years ago, if somebody had asked Alexander Graham Bell, “What are you going to be able to do with a telephone?” he wouldn’t have been able to tell him the ways the telephone would... See more
Steve Jobs • Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs
We see something that works, and then we understand it
“We see something that works, and then we understand it.” (Thomas Dullien)
It is a deeper insight than it seems.
Young people spend years in school learning the reverse: understanding happens before progress. That is the linear theory of innovation.
So Isaac Newton comes up with his three laws of... See more
“We see something that works, and then we understand it.” (Thomas Dullien)
It is a deeper insight than it seems.
Young people spend years in school learning the reverse: understanding happens before progress. That is the linear theory of innovation.
So Isaac Newton comes up with his three laws of... See more
We see something that works, and then we understand it
It’s not that entrepreneurs are natural rule-breakers. Rather … they want self-direction. They aren’t going to take the world at face value. They have to figure it out for themselves.
Our research shows that leaders at genuinely innovative companies consciously avoid that trap by deliberately seeking and spending time with people we call innovation catalysts: individuals who have a knack for cultivating networks that combine a sense of community and a diversity of perspectives.
One area where I think we are especially distinctive is failure. I believe we are the best place in the world to fail (we have plenty of practice!), and failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment. Most large organizations embrace the idea... See more
Invent and Wander Quotes by Jeff Bezos
