The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in

by Robin Sharma

The I in IMAGE will remind you about the importance of Innovation. We live in what I sometimes call Remake Nation. Yes, America is a superbly creative country that has given birth to many of the world’s greatest advancements and finest inventions. But too many of us in business here have lost the fire within our bellies for genuine innovation. We’ve stopped flexing our imaginations well past the point of normal. We’ve dropped our lust for creativity and our drive to be different. Just look at all the remakes of old movies or outdated songs and you’ll get the point I’m trying to offer you. People are just too scared to be too original these days, so they try to repackage a formula that was successful a few decades ago—with the hope of staying safe. But that’s such a silly business strategy. Innovation always trumps repeating what might have worked in the past. Doing what worked even a year or two ago amid the terrifically unpredictable conditions under which we now do business is a good way to get into some bad trouble. Customers and all the people around you want fresh value and novel forms of excellence—