Vijay Govindarajan Quotes

#1. The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, the more it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation,

Vijay Govindarajan

#2. You are your passion. Life is your ultimate mission so never forget to enjoy the adventure.

Debasish Mridha

#3. The mindset that is needed, the capabilities that are needed, the metrics that are needed, the whole culture that is needed for discontinuous innovation, are fundamentally different.

Vijay Govindarajan

#4. Real divas give 150 percent. If they don't have the right dress, they'll go out in whatever they have. If there are no microphones, they'll still put on a show. They are people who put their heart and soul in what they do.

Patti LaBelle

#5. The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the train.

Martha Griffiths

#6. What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.

Nora Roberts

#7. I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.

Gabrielle Anwar

#8. Companies over-emphasize idea generation and under-emphasize idea execution when it comes to innovation.

Vijay Govindarajan

#9. Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations.

Vijay Govindarajan

#10. Inside a big experiment, there are little experiments,

Vijay Govindarajan

#11. One, state a hypothesis. Two, predict what will happen. Three, measure results. Four, assess lessons learned by comparing your predictions to actual outcomes.

Vijay Govindarajan

#12. To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of being. This is unadulterated Buddha-nature. This is like finding our balance.

Lama Surya Das

#13. The innovation leader's job is to execute a disciplined experiment.

Vijay Govindarajan

#14. We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.

Laurence Olivier

#15. Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India.

Moss Hart

#16. The differential diagnosis of catatonia According to an old story, there are three different types of baseball umpires. The first says: "I call them lballs and strikes] as they are"; the second says: "I call them as I see them"; and the third says: "What I call them is what they become.

Max Fink

#17. We must think of innovation as doing a lot more for a lot less (money) for a lot more (people).

Vijay Govindarajan