Quotes From "Unpuzzling Innovation: Mastering Innovation Management In A Structural Way" By Pearl Zhu

Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers. Pearl Zhu

Innovative thinkers are explorers and synthesizers of new world views or future views of the world. Pearl Zhu

Innovation comes from the Latin, “Innovare” - It means to change or alter things that already exist. Pearl Zhu

The solution to encourage creativity is to maximize use of employees’ brainpower. Pearl Zhu

Always dig through the thoughts underneath the words, and be authentic of being who you are. Pearl Zhu

Creativity is a flow, an abstract and an imagination. Pearl Zhu

Innovators find more viewing spots than the rest. Pearl Zhu

Create and nurture an environment in your organization where curiosity is encouraged, and creative thinking is rewarded. Pearl Zhu

You can feel creative tension when you sense the freedom to be creative, the harmony not via compliance only, but through brainstorming. Pearl Zhu

Innovation journey is like taking a hiking trip at the trail very few or even no people ever went before, it takes courage and emotional maturity. Pearl Zhu

Innovation is to connect the dots - synthesizing that goes in one mind, and teamwork through collective insight. Pearl Zhu

Creativity is the ability to create novel value, and innovation is how to transform ideas and achieve their business value. Pearl Zhu

The exercise of blending people’s problem-solving abilities to produce the desired outcome is a worthwhile thing to do. Pearl Zhu

Businesses need the well-defined set of guidelines and rules for managing innovation risks in a structural way. Pearl Zhu

An innovation ecosystem is a systematic innovation methodological environment or a sort of innovation philosophy. Pearl Zhu

Digital innovation is a dynamic storybook that has intricate chapters, with a serendipitous cover, which can be flipped over to the next level, but it is a book that never ends. Pearl Zhu

The innovation classification is not just based on the required investments, or on the potential market, but on its evolution abilities. Pearl Zhu

Innovation is a question of ambition, and imagination, not a question of investment only. Pearl Zhu

You cannot “disrupt” without incremental innovation being part of the process. Pearl Zhu

The very nature of open innovation is to take advantage of all sources of creativity in a more open way and make a leap of innovation management to the next level. Pearl Zhu

The mindset, vision, competency, capability, culture and marketing opportunity are all great starting point for business model innovation. Pearl Zhu

The best way to foster creativity is to help people communicate in a way that instills confidence, not fear. Pearl Zhu

Build a heterogeneous team to close three gaps in innovation management - idea gaps, collaboration gaps, and implementation gaps Pearl Zhu

Being innovative is more important than any specific innovation. Innovativeness is a way of thinking. Pearl Zhu

Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed. Pearl Zhu