Raise Your Innovation IQ Quotes

“Act from a place of truth even when you think no one is looking or you think the result is of no consequence.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“If you’ve ever held on to a pair of shoes that make your feet ache or a pair of pants that no longer fit you for no other reason than you paid a lot of money for them, you’ve experienced the sunk-cost bias.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Understanding the nuances of rivalry can help extend your career. It doesn’t mean you’ll be holding hands across the finish line. It means their presence makes you better, faster, stronger. Because of them, you’ll find out exactly what you are made of.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Bold ideas and inventions only emerge in an environment where people are free to speak up.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Understand the nuances of rivalry can help extend your career. It doesn’t mean you’ll be holding hands across the finish line. It means their presence makes you better, faster, stronger. Because of them, you’ll find out exactly what you are made of.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“At any given time you are either breaking the rules, following someone else's rules, or you are completely out of touch with what the rules are.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“If change is moderate,
urgency becomes less apparent.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Our impact is not defined by the people who we know, but by the people who know about us and are moved by our presence in their world.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“When we take responsibility for how we move through life, no matter our circumstances, we become like lions; with one roar we allow our personal power to be fully expressed.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Bring the big kid in you out to play more often. Take the sandbox into the boardroom and invite others in your team to think inside the box. Stay curious, imaginative, weird, daring, playful, and open because it's these very qualities that have spurred every innovation that we consider standard today.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Conventional thinking teaches us that constraints fetter the creative mind. The big advantage of working within strict constraints is that it will FOCUS your thinking. Thinking inside the box is about creating parameters that limit the scope. It will fire up the problem-solving part of the brain to fill your empty box with new ideas, and work to find a solution.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Ideas are great. Execution rocks. Knowing the ROI amplifies the contributions of everyone involved and keeps stakeholders happy.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Closing the inequality gap is a force multiplier.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Risk comes with the territory when you are breaking new ground. Learn how to evaluate and mitigate these risks rather than take away people’s power and autonomy.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Stand against the action, not the person.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“stand against the action, not the person”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Even though it may be hurtful in the short term, we want the truth from others and others want it from us. Speaking your truth supports and inspires those around us to act from within them as well.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“It just takes one candle to light a room...and one candle to light a thousand more.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Because of the rise of social media and the influence we have as a collective to lead change, the power has shifted from the individual, and is swiftly moving into the hands of the masses.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“...doing your part in promoting social responsibility and good governance is paramount if you want to stand a better chance of succeeding in today’s economy.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Discuss what is unmentionable.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“If our ideas are so outlandish they place us squarely in the Zone of Outrageousness, speak up anyway. Critics a hundred years from today may just hail you as the John Watkins of the 21st century.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“When used correctly, data is not the enemy of Intuitive Creative Thinkers; it is a powerful friend.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Playtime is a vital component of idea generation and fresh inspiration. It gives you permission to be in a state of discovery without purpose or agenda.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Innovation is about zigging instead of zagging.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Success is seeing the gestalt. It’s about seeing the ins and outs of dozens of different world views and skillsets – and then seeing where they intersect in order to create new theories, paradigms, models, inventions, and breakthroughs. It’s about creating a latticework of different mental models and connecting the dots between them all.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Your life story is every bit relevant to the role you are in today, and your diverse experiences are integral to your ability to think differently than everyone else. Embrace them wholeheartedly.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change