"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves." – Carl Jung

"We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies – in the minds of those closest to the work." – Jack Welch

Brief history

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes." – Napoleon Hill

"All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom." – Hyman Rickover

"Past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations. We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models." – Akira Mori

"Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time." – Bill Gates

"Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress." – Theodore Levitt

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask why? I dream of things that are not and ask why not?" – Robert Kennedy

"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm." – Thomas J. Watson

"I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." – Thomas Edison

Milestones completed and future plans

"There's a way to do it better – find it." – Thomas Edison

"A person who can create ideas worthy of note is a person who has learned much from others." – Konosuke Matsushita

"Before you discover, you must explore." – Unknown

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." – Pablo Picasso

"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future." – James Bertrand

Innovation Management Team

"Mangers succeed by following the rules. Innovators succeed by breaking the rules." – Vadim Kotelnikov

"You can't do carpentry, you know, if you only have a saw, or only a hammer, or you never heard of a pair of pliers. It's when you put all those tools into one kit that you invent." – Peter Drucker

"There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish something!" – Thomas Edison

"The most important thing is not to stop questioning." – Albert Einstein

"The ability to innovate is only as good as how one can accept changes and take risks." – Franco Paolo Liu Eisma

"Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure." – Albert Einstein

"To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines." – Steve Jobs

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