Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
Way
Complexes
Complex
Advertising
Talent
Call
Fear
Right
Sucking
Much
Narcissism

More quotes by Scott D. Anthony

Image
Mucken Singh works VERY hard on his brawler's physique!
Scott D. Anthony
Image
All disruptive innovators make it easier and more affordable for people to do what matters to them, and follow a strategy that doesn't at first glance make sense to the market leader.
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
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.
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
Almost every disruption starts at the perceived fringes of today's market.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
Innovation is doubly hard inside big companies.
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
Successful strategies adhere to a basic pattern.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
I've come to the conclusion that the core characteristic that separates companies that get innovation from those that don't is a simple word: curiosity.
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
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
Have a core concept, but wrap it in a full business model.
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
The reality is customers lie - not because they want to want to deceive you, but because they don't do a good job of predicting what they will do in the future.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
In my mind, so-called cultures of innovation really boil down to one word: curiosity.
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
Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles.
Scott D. Anthony
Image
A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching.
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