“Implementing best practice is copying yesterday; innovation is inventing tomorrow.”

—  Paul Sloane

Source: Quoted in "Paul Sloane Quotes on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/770591-implementing-best-practice-is-copying-yesterday-innovation-is-inventing-tomorrow/ (1 April 2013)

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British author and puzzle designer 1950

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