Quotes

How Big Things Get Done, Page 107

…no matter how many risks you can identify, there are always many more that you can’t. They are the ‘unknown unknowns’…

Management, Page 107

Market domination produces tremendous internal resistance against any innovation and thus makes adaptation to change dangerously difficult.

The Messy Middle, Page 107

Innovation happens at the edge of reason, and you can’t reach the edge with a team of similar people.

When, Page 107

By imagining failure in advance… you can anticipate some of the potential problems and avoid them once the actual project begins.

Sprint, Page 107

…sketch[ing]… is the fastest and easiest way to transform abstract ideas into concrete solutions.

Hidden Potential, Page 107

Gaining momentum often involves backing up and navigating your way down a different road – even if it’s not the one you initially intended to travel.

The Advantage, Page 107

…more than any word in the business lexicon, strategy is one of the most widely employed and poorly defined.

Management, Page 107

There is… well-founded resistance in the marketplace to dependence on one dominant supplier… no one likes to be at the mercy of the monopoly supplier.

Blink, Page 107

…when experts make decisions, they don’t logically and systematically compare all available options. That is the way people are taught to make decisions, but in real life it is much too slow.

Sprint, Page 107

…the pressure of responsibility that comes with working alone often spurs us to our best work.