Quotes

The Messy Middle, Page 017

Innovation has a nasty headwind, rarely a tailwind.

168 Hours, Page 17

…you can choose how to spend your hours, and you have more time than you think.

Something Really New, Page 017

There is one more good reason to focus on innovation: Innovation energizes a business.

Traction, Page 17

Once you have the right people in the right seats, let them run with it.

Think Again, Page 17

Vintage records, classic cars, and antique clocks might be valuable collectibles, but outdated facts are mental fossils that are best abandoned.

ReWork, Page 017

Success is the experience that actually counts. That shouldn’t be a surprise: It’s exactly how nature works. Evolution doesn’t linger on past failures, it’s always building upon what worked. So should you.

Sooner Safer Happier, Page 017

…it is necessary to optimize for early and often learning in a real environment with real customers or consumers.

The Effective Manager, Page 17

…data show that only giving negative input actually doesn’t work very well over time. Directs begin to resent their boss for focusing on the negatives.

The Lean Product Playbook, Page 17

Lean product teams articulate the hypotheses they have made and solicit customer feedback on early design ideas to test those hypotheses. This approach is the essence of Lean…

Stumbling on Happiness, Page 017

Forestalling pleasure is an inventive technique for getting double the juice from half the fruit.