Hrvoje Simic
03-20-2007, 04:27 PM
I just saw a re-run of “The Buisness of Innovation” on CNBC, and here are some qoutes I managed to catch, which seemed interesting:
On the Maria Bartiromo’s question:
"What is the most important factor for innovative buisness?"
one of the guests responded:
"The C.E.O. You can’t expect innovation behind closed doors in a tight and strict environments…"
Steve Jobs was mentioned (no surprise there), and his importance to Apple, as well as his influence to Apple’s stocks.
In the talk about Richard Branson (who will invest 3 billion in developing altrernative fuels btw.) and his investments into space travel,
learning expert Roger Schank ph.D. and Socratic Arts C.E.O. said :
"…If you are going to be an innovator you don’t think about how much money are you going to spend…"
Pixar was also mentioned:
"How do you combine everyone’s ingeniousity, how do you do art as a team sport?"
answer
"Make everyone a filmmaker"
further:
Maria Bartiromo:
"What is the one of the negative factors which affect innovation in buisness ?"
Roger Schank:
"Wall Street. A fear of not making the numbers……
…does Wall Street think what will be in ten years?…
…everyone is afraid of “reinventing the wheel…"
also:
"What I hate about big companies is that they don’t hire innovative people, people who dress funny…"
"The good C.E.O. will let you feel you have a right to voice your idea…"
And a quote from "The Business of Innovation" CNBC’s web site:
"Innovation is about re-inventing business processes and building entirely new markets that meet untapped customer needs.
Most important, as the Internet and globalization widen the pool of new ideas, it's about selecting and executing the right ideas and bringing them to market in record time."
This could be useful to the ones who are still surprised or sceptical seeing one more evolution happening in front of their eyes.
To the others this won't be anything new.
On the Maria Bartiromo’s question:
"What is the most important factor for innovative buisness?"
one of the guests responded:
"The C.E.O. You can’t expect innovation behind closed doors in a tight and strict environments…"
Steve Jobs was mentioned (no surprise there), and his importance to Apple, as well as his influence to Apple’s stocks.
In the talk about Richard Branson (who will invest 3 billion in developing altrernative fuels btw.) and his investments into space travel,
learning expert Roger Schank ph.D. and Socratic Arts C.E.O. said :
"…If you are going to be an innovator you don’t think about how much money are you going to spend…"
Pixar was also mentioned:
"How do you combine everyone’s ingeniousity, how do you do art as a team sport?"
answer
"Make everyone a filmmaker"
further:
Maria Bartiromo:
"What is the one of the negative factors which affect innovation in buisness ?"
Roger Schank:
"Wall Street. A fear of not making the numbers……
…does Wall Street think what will be in ten years?…
…everyone is afraid of “reinventing the wheel…"
also:
"What I hate about big companies is that they don’t hire innovative people, people who dress funny…"
"The good C.E.O. will let you feel you have a right to voice your idea…"
And a quote from "The Business of Innovation" CNBC’s web site:
"Innovation is about re-inventing business processes and building entirely new markets that meet untapped customer needs.
Most important, as the Internet and globalization widen the pool of new ideas, it's about selecting and executing the right ideas and bringing them to market in record time."
This could be useful to the ones who are still surprised or sceptical seeing one more evolution happening in front of their eyes.
To the others this won't be anything new.