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In my mind, so-called cultures of innovation really boil down to one word: curiosity.

Scott D. Anthony

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Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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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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A spreadsheet for an innovative idea reports the mathematical relationship between made up numbers. You can't cash a spreadsheet.
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You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge.
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I think it is only in hindsight that you can determine whether something is a mistake or not.
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Almost every disruption starts at the perceived fringes of today's market.
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Think about how much it costs to learn more. Sometimes you want to build confidence by knocking off the easy things.
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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.
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There's a general belief that failure is the friend of the innovator, but I've come to view it a different way.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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