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People who live in more than two countries are more successful innovators.

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Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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We've got some great big problems in our world. We have to figure out how to feed 10 billion people. Too many people can't access clean water, quality healthcare, and reasonable education. We have to figure out what to do about climate change, income inequality, and more. Innovators need to rise to the challenge!
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Have a core concept, but wrap it in a full business model.
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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.
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I think people make innovation much more complicated than it needs to be.
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I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent.
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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).
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Successful strategies adhere to a basic pattern.
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Teams working on disruptive ideas need to be small enough that they can be fed by no more than two pizzas.
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A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching.
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So many people tell me that they aren't creative or they aren't innovative, and it's just not true.
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The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money.
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A spreadsheet for an innovative idea reports the mathematical relationship between made up numbers. You can't cash a spreadsheet.
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In my mind, so-called cultures of innovation really boil down to one word: curiosity.
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Anytime you see a constrained market, where consumption is limited to those who have special skills or are wealthy, that signals an opportunity for innovation.
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Everyone knows innovation involves developing unique understanding of a market, thinking expansively to develop a solution, and then finding a way to test rigorously and adapt quickly.
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Almost every disruption starts at the perceived fringes of today's market.
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Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.
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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.
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Of course if you are launching a new business you can thinking about revenues, profits, and so on, but metrics such as customer satisfaction or employee retention might be meaningful if you are focusing more internally.
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You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.
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