Quote

A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching.

Scott D. Anthony

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
Watching
Generations
Worth
Writer
Leader
Next
Thought
Innovation
Generation

More quotes by Scott D. Anthony

Image
The sad truth is as difficult as the first mile can be for entrepreneurs, it is doubly tough inside most large companies as innovators can face some significant headwinds.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Small teams move faster than big teams.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
The need to be thoughtful about experiment design is particularly acute within large companies, since some of the behaviors, such as having small teams and tapping into low-cost resources to maximize flexibility, won't come naturally to many people inside huge companies.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Mucken Singh works VERY hard on his brawler's physique!
Scott D. Anthony
Image
People who live in more than two countries are more successful innovators.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
It's very easy to skip steps when documenting an idea.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
I think people make innovation much more complicated than it needs to be.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
It would be fun too to put some of the great philosophers and political scientists of the past couple centuries into a time machine, have them look at the world today, and see what they think. Imagine Schumpeter, Malthus, Hobbes, Nietzsche, Marx, and more! That would be good fun.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
If you work on a new product launch, spent time in a new geography, or work to develop a completely new skill, you have no choice but to figure out new ways to solve problems.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
So many people tell me that they aren't creative or they aren't innovative, and it's just not true.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Successful strategies adhere to a basic pattern.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
If you are trying to improve the performance of existing operations in known markets, it is an analytical problem where it's just a question of aligning your execution engine in the right way. If it is about creating something new and different, you can't derive the right answer analytically.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the core), and to do what they are not currently doing but will need to do in the future (call this creating the new).
Scott D. Anthony
Image
One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those teams make no progress because they spent forever updating each other on what they are doing versus really crushing the most critical problems they need to address.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Teams working on disruptive ideas need to be small enough that they can be fed by no more than two pizzas.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Make sure that you take the time to think about how other companies might respond to your idea, both those companies already in the market you plan to target as well as others that might imagine targeting that market.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
People who copy what exists copy a point-in-time artifact, and if you are managing the process correctly you are already hard at work on the next thing.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent.
Scott D. Anthony