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May 07 CacophonyOn Microsoft's innovation culture: "I think Microsoft tends to err on the side of having less groupthink and more cacophony than most other places." -- Steve Ballmer, MS CEO. March 13 Seize this very minute"Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute: March 28 Decisionmaking: Diving into a strong current"Making a decision was only the beginning of things: When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision." -- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist March 13 Focus on innovation and partner for the rest"The way we describe [innovation] internally is we talk about focusing our innovation in areas where we can make a unique contribution and lead. And we partner for the rest. And that's a high bar when you say to people, 'we're going to have to make a unique contribution and lead.'
"So if someone else is doing it, let's not do it; let's focus our innovation someplace else.... We're always asking those two questions: Can we make a unique contribution and lead, yes or no? And secondly, how does it relate to our fundamental mission?" March 08 No failure - only feedback"There’s no such thing as failure – only feedback!" -- Revd Graham Horsley February 14 God's calls are calls to the wild"When God 'calls' humans into service, they are calls to the wild. Such calls may appear irrational, out-of-step, and will most certainly destine the 'called' to the life of an outsider,[... independent, wild ones who color outside the lines." -- Dick Staub December 06 The goodness of being dirtyProv 14:4 says, “An empty stable stays clean-- but there is no profit from an empty stable.” December 02 The world needs people who have come alive"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that, because the world needs people who have come alive." -- Harold Whitman The Real House"The house that is dreamed is more than the house that is real. But the house that is real is always more than the house that is dreamed -- because it's real." -- Anonymous Two Types of Wrong Notes "There are two types of wrong notes: Those that Sound Good -- and Wrong Notes." -- Thelonious Monk |
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