Love this quote Sebastian, "Most people think product innovation and growth are what drive profits + outcomes. However in practice, operational excellence is the key driver to executing consistently for the long term. This is how you harness creativity that compounds value over time." Where is it from?
Dear Gavin, glad it resonated and thanks for asking. In fact I will edit the post because I forgot to acknowledge the source even that wrote it a a quote and not as mine. It came from a newsletter I read some time ago from by James Currier Apr 2021, at the site NFX. The post is called "The CEO That Jeff Bezos Called “His Teacher”
Great insights. Thank you! It has become so generic to talk about ‘the journey’ instead of the experiences that shape life ie process. Steve Jobs didn’t have a clear destination from A to B and accepted the turns and twists of life to become successful. Sometimes the journey is shaped by just events that are ‘happening’ around us. In business, what we do when these events happen will shape the decisions we or others take. It’s process.
Thank you Paula for your insights!! I like how you say that life has turns and twists and learning to accept and adapt and stay true to the process is what’s most important.
Sebastian: I really like how you took the middle ground here and I agree too that life is a process but can be a journey too and so many other things depending on who you ask. Each person may describe life in a different way than the next person but what's important is not how we name it but it's how we live it. Is it a life of becoming the best we can be? of improving oneself? of success? or my favorite: becoming who our loved ones need at any given time... awareness of how we react to things that happen to us, what we learn from them and move on... or how we make decisions that shape our future. It's all called life and it's a beautiful process. Business it's similar, it's a process of challenging the status quo, of innovation and excellence, of learning and improving. Thank you for taking time to reflect, write and bring us this beautiful topic!
Love this quote Sebastian, "Most people think product innovation and growth are what drive profits + outcomes. However in practice, operational excellence is the key driver to executing consistently for the long term. This is how you harness creativity that compounds value over time." Where is it from?
Dear Gavin, glad it resonated and thanks for asking. In fact I will edit the post because I forgot to acknowledge the source even that wrote it a a quote and not as mine. It came from a newsletter I read some time ago from by James Currier Apr 2021, at the site NFX. The post is called "The CEO That Jeff Bezos Called “His Teacher”
Great insights. Thank you! It has become so generic to talk about ‘the journey’ instead of the experiences that shape life ie process. Steve Jobs didn’t have a clear destination from A to B and accepted the turns and twists of life to become successful. Sometimes the journey is shaped by just events that are ‘happening’ around us. In business, what we do when these events happen will shape the decisions we or others take. It’s process.
Thank you Paula for your insights!! I like how you say that life has turns and twists and learning to accept and adapt and stay true to the process is what’s most important.
Sebastian: I really like how you took the middle ground here and I agree too that life is a process but can be a journey too and so many other things depending on who you ask. Each person may describe life in a different way than the next person but what's important is not how we name it but it's how we live it. Is it a life of becoming the best we can be? of improving oneself? of success? or my favorite: becoming who our loved ones need at any given time... awareness of how we react to things that happen to us, what we learn from them and move on... or how we make decisions that shape our future. It's all called life and it's a beautiful process. Business it's similar, it's a process of challenging the status quo, of innovation and excellence, of learning and improving. Thank you for taking time to reflect, write and bring us this beautiful topic!
Thank you Minodora as always for the engagement and thoughtful comments.