Innovation Quotes of the Week – March 17, 2013

This week we continue a featured series of some of our favorite innovation-related quotes. Click on author name to link to their article. And, please contribute your favorite innovation quotes in the comments and we’ll feature the best submissions in next week’s Innovation Quotes of the Week.

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“ In every organization you have anti-innovators. “

– Gijs van Wulfen

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“Are you looking to hire creative employees at your company?  I have a warning for you.”

– Jeffrey Baumgartner

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“The limits to innovation have nothing to do with creativity, and nothing to do with technology. They have everything to do with management capability.”

– Ray Stata

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“The question knocking at your door is: since cooperation is a “must-do”, how do we lay the foundation to drive it as its best?“

– Nicolas Bry

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“ We love the concept of creativity and extol the virtues of being creative, but the way we’re wired precludes us from fully embracing new ideas.“

– Mark E Miller

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“ We couldn’t design a worse environment for learning if we tried!’

– Holly G. Green

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“ Privacy: In the tech world, it’s the little-big issue that could.“

– Rob Toledo

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“ It sounds very hard to get everyone to contribute to every idea all the time, and it is. That is why you shouldn’t.“

– Jan Martijn Everts

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“How many product platforms should you define?“

– Wayne Simmons and Keary Crawford

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“We often forget, but regardless of industry, technology, product, or service, it’s a battle for hearts and minds.“

– Mike Shipulski

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“Implementing lean services is really an exercise in change management.”

Geovanny Romero

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Mari Anixter is Managing Editor for Innovation Excellence. She is a communications professional living in New Mexico.