A Quote for the Day – On the Delicate Balancing Act of Innovation

(while I’m on vacation, you won’t see much from me. Should be back posting more often on Aug. 29. But here’s a quote to ponder).

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“When the innovative attempt tips too far toward what has worked before, we get stagnation; when unbridled enthusiasm overrides common sense, we get emperors with no clothes – products and businesses without substance.”
Dorothy A. Leonard, foreword, The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine…And What Smart Companies Are Doing About It by Cynthia Barton Rabe