“A company's ability to innovate, improve, and learn ties directly to the company's value.”

— David P. Norton

David P. Norton (1992), cited in: ASQC ... Annual Quality Congress Proceedings, 1994, p. 343

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“A company cannot be a learning company without also being a teaching company.”

Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor

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“A company's success no longer depends primarily on its ability to raise investment capital. Success depends on the ability of its people to learn together and produce new ideas”

Arie de Geus (1930) Dutch businessman

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“Each company, ruggedly individualistic, does its best to expand efficiently and improve its own profitability. However, our pursuit of our individual businesses, which often involves transferring manufacturing and a great deal of engineering out of the country, has hindered our ability to bring innovations to scale at home. Without scaling, we don't just lose jobs—we lose our hold on new technologies. Losing the ability to scale will ultimately damage our capacity to innovate.”

Andrew S. Grove (1936–2016) Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, and author

Andrew Grove, " Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs", Bloomberg News, July 1, 2010
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“If you want to innovate at scale, you have to get really clear about your values. What do you really want in your company? What is really important to you?”

Marc Benioff (1964) American businessman

Diginomica: "Connect18 – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on what happens next with MuleSoft" https://diginomica.com/2018/05/09/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-what-happens-next-with-mulesoft/ (9 May 2018)

“The first performance the company staged was Ford`s '`Tis Pity Shes a Whore.'”

Angelique Rockas South African actress and founder of Internationalist Theatre, London

It was well received. I like to choose the play, the directors, the designers.. it`s a total creative act.
On the production of Ford`s Tis Pity She`s A Whore`
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“Great leaders recognize that companies must innovate to remain competitive, and they nurture environments that encourage creative thinking… Innovation is rarely accidental — it takes an organizational commitment that starts at the executive level. The idea is not enough. As Thomas Edison said, innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Too often companies forget the ‘perspiration’ or execution part of the equation.”

Gregory Balestrero (1947) American industrial engineer

Balestrero (2008) quoted in: "America the Innovator The New Rules for Global Market Growth" http://www.forbesspecialsections.com/SectionPDFs/PMIAmericaInnov.pdf By Karen A. Edelman. Forbes : A Special Advertising Section. Accessed 3 Dec 2008.
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“You cannot deliver value unless you anchor the company's values. Values make an unsinkable ship.”

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Code of conduct goes beyond legal compliance and every employee needs to be well versed with it.
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