Innovation as described by Webster’s dictionary: noun, in·no·va·tion—the introduction of something new; a new idea, method, or device. What Webster’s doesn’t tell you is how innovation is the backbone of your company and how crucial it is to embrace innovation to strive and compete among others in the business world. But instead of explaining why we think innovation is necessary in business, we thought we would bring out the experts to tell you themselves. Here’s 30 of our favorite quotes on innovation.
”1. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
-Steve Jobs
”8. Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.
-Bill Gates
”15. You can expect no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.
- Carl Jung
”17. There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.
-Victor Hugo
”24. Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning of what it is to be scientifically literate. They embrace the concept of an innovation culture. They vote in ways that promote it. They don't fight science and they don't fight technology.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
”29. A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.
-Ciputra