11. “The needs and expectations of our customers
have changed. The dynamics of the competitive
landscape have changed. The pace of innovation
across all of the businesses in which we compete
has changed. Sony, too, must change.''
-Sir Howard Stringer, CEO, Sony
on first memo to Sony employees.
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12. For dozens of kilometers, we all gazed out
the window, marveling at the beauty. Then,
within a few minutes, we started ignoring
the cows. The new cows were just like the
old cows, and what was once amazing was
now common. Worse than common: It was
boring.
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14. “The ‘surplus society’ has a surplus of similar
companies, employing similar people, with
similar educational backgrounds, coming up
with similar ideas, producing similar things,
with similar prices and similar quality.”
Kjell Nordström and Jonas Ridderstråle, Funky Business
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16. The market demands something unique from
companies. Customers want to be surprised and
enriched, otherwise they will go elsewhere.
Employees demand the same. They want to be part of
something unique on the mental level. They want to
understand the brand and be proud of it. Otherwise they
will find a new employer.
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18. Agriculture Age (farmers)
Industrial Age (factory workers)
Information Age (knowledge workers)
Creative Age (creators and empathizers)
Source: Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind
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19. "The Creative Age is
a wide-open game."
- Richard Florida, The Rise of the
Creative Class
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24. "We’re getting better at [ISO, CMM, Six
Sigma] every day. But we really need to
think about the customer’s profitability.
Are customers’ bottom lines really
benefiting from what we provide them?“
- Bob Nardelli, GE Power Systems
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27. “A dream is a complete moment in the life of a client.
Important experiences that tempt the client to commit
substantial resources. The essence of the desires of the
consumer. The opportunity to help clients become what
they want to be.” —Gian Luigi Longinotti-Buitoni
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28. Why someone has to invest
so much of money, effort
and time?
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35. A good system should eliminate
existing tasks (wherever it's
possible), speedup the tasks with
efficiency, save money, save time,
and make people fall in love.
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40. Building great software is easy:
build a great team and they'll
make the software for you..
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41. Behind every successful person there is
Freedom of thoughts
Drive to go beyond limits
An inspiring employer
- Job Ad of Anand Automotive Systems
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42. EVP = Challenge + professional
growth + respect + satisfaction
+ opportunity + reward
Ed Michaels et al., The War for Talent
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45. The practices of the software engineering
community have changed very little over
the last 30 years, and the mistakes being
made then are still being made today.
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50. "Beware of the tyranny of making Small
Changes to Small Things. Rather, make
Big Changes to Big Things." - Roger
Enrico, former Chairman, PepsiCo
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55. Reimagine HR
Become a
Silicon Valley
(economic
opportunity, energy,
excitement and
culture)
Dream. Design. Talent. Brand.
Make them
feel important
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