This document contains quotes from famous innovators about innovation and attempts to summarize them into 10 rules for successful innovation. The rules include having patience as innovations take time, listening to majorities for approval, persisting when facing early criticism, pursuing ideas and dreams, creating classics not just constant innovation, searching for opportunities, materializing ideas, extracting profit, not getting stuck on mediocre ideas, and thinking differently. The document concludes by wishing the reader luck with their innovations.
2. let’s look at the famous
quotes about innovations
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3. «As
the
births
of
living
creatures,
at
first,
are
ill-‐shapen:
so
are
all
innova9ons,
which
are
the
births
of
9me».
- Francis Bacon (born 1561-1626), British statesman and philosopher,
father of modern scientific method
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4. «Great
innova9ons
should
not
be
forced
on
slender
majori9es».
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. President,
author of the Declaration of Independence
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5. «Most
new
things
are
not
good,
and
die
an
early
death;
but
those
which
push
themselves
forward
and
by
slow
degrees
force
themselves
on
the
aDen9on
of
mankind
are
the
unconscious
produc9ons
of
human
wisdom
and
must
have
honest
considera9on,
and
must
not
be
made
the
subject
of
unreasoning
prejudice».
- Thomas Reed (1839-1902), American legislator
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6. «The
innova9on
point
is
the
pivotal
moment
when
talented
and
mo9vated
people
seek
the
opportunity
to
act
on
their
ideas
and
dreams».
- Arthur Porter (1883-1933), American art historian
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7. «Innova9on!
One
cannot
be
forever
innova9ng.
I
want
to
create
classics».
- Coco Chanel (1883-1971), fashion designer
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8. «Innova9on
is
the
specific
tool
of
entrepreneurs,
the
means
by
which
they
exploit
change
as
an
opportunity
for
a
different
business
or
a
different
service.
Entrepreneurs
need
to
search
purposefully
for
the
sources
of
innova9on,
the
changes
and
their
symptoms
that
indicate
opportuni9es
for
successful
innova9on.
And
they
need
to
know
and
to
apply
the
principles
of
successful
innova9on».
- Peter Drucker (1909-2005), father of modern management
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9. «Crea9vity
is
thinking
up
new
things.
Innova9on
is
doing
new
things».
- Theodore Levitt (1925-2006), American economist
and professor at Harvard Business School
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10. «Innova9on
is
the
process
of
turning
ideas
into
manufacturable
and
marketable
form».
- Watts Humphrey (1927-2010), American software engineer, key thinker in the
discipline of software engineering, and is often called the father of software
quality
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11. «Some9mes
when
you
innovate,
you
make
mistakes.
It
is
best
to
admit
them
quickly,
and
get
on
with
improving
your
other
innova9ons».
- Steve Jobs (1955-2011), business personality
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12. «Everything’s
impossible
un9l
somebody
does
it».
- Bruce Wayne (1939-∞), American billionaire, industrialist and philanthropist,
Batman's secret identity
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13. let's try to formulate some
rules about innovations
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14. be patient – some time should
pass before your innovation
gets successful
RULE 1
by Francis Bacon
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16. you must listen to majorities
if you want to create a
great innovation
RULE 2
by Thomas Jefferson
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17. RULE
2
Truly successful innovations must be approved by majority
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18. most innovations are useless at
first sight and die an early death
if they don’t struggle
RULE 3
by Thomas Reed
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19. RULE
3
Never give up if you believe in your innovation
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20. creating the innovation is a
process when people trying
to act on their ideas and dreams
RULE 4
by Arthur Porter
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21. RULE
4
You can’t create innovation without ideas and dreams
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22. one cannot be forever
innovative, so try to
create classics
RULE 5
by Coco Chanel
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23. RULE
5
Think today about tomorrow of your innovation
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24. entrepreneurs must search
sources and opportunities
for successful innovations
RULE 6
by Peter Drucker
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25. RULE
6
Find opportunity, search innovation and learn how to apply it
FIND IT VIEW IT BRING IT PLUG IT
CHECK IT PLAY IT CHANGE IT SAVE IT
LOCK IT WORK IT USE IT NAME IT
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26. innovation it’s not thinking up new
things, it’s doing new things
RULE 7
by Theodore Levitt
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27. RULE
7
You must know how to materialize your ideas
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28. innovation turns ideas into
manufacturable and
marketable form
RULE 8
by Watts Humphrey
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29. RULE
8
You must know how to extract profit from your innovation
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30. don’t stuck with mediocre
innovations
RULE 9
by Steve Jobs
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31. RULE
9
Switch to another innovation if you’re not happy with current
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32. believe in yourself
and think different
RULE 10
by Bruce Wayne
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