Pearl Zhu Quotes - Page 5

Digital innovation has a broader spectrum with hybrid nature.
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Strategy and execution represent the two sides of one and the same thing.
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An outlier does not lack knowledge but has the interdisciplinary understanding to see things differently.
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Having a title only doesn’t make one a leader; talented people without a title don’t follow blindly, they practice leadership via influence.
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Not every leader is a philosopher, but each leader should cultivate a philosophical mindset.
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Learning to think beyond a single dimension, look beyond the surface, love more than one color and enjoy the world of differences.
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Change Management can become more successful with people at the core of change, the cause of change and the purpose of change.
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The organizational design is part of digital strategy management which needs to go neck-in-neck with performance management for improving organizational effectiveness and maturity.
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The purpose of Innovation Management is not to promote innovation, but to manage innovation as a process.
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Every authentic leader needs to mind certain gaps and bridge the cognitive difference.
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The collective sensation is one’s perspective, experience, memory, imagination, and perception.
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Creativity is like the light, the reason we see the light because the “switch” is on and the connection is made
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Prioritization provides a framework for focusing on creativity.
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IT is the key component in catalyzing digital innovation and building up differentiated business capabilities nowadays.
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Mechanistic thinking focuses on “what,” and holistic thinking digs into “why.
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A good strategy tells you not only what specifically needs to accomplish, but WHY.
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The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking; the science of questioning is to frame system thinking, with the progressive pursuit of better solutions.
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Being authentic means to be who you are, discover your strength and uniqueness, be yourself, even if you are not perfect, and nobody is.
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Metaphorically, organizations are like vegetable gardens, where each capability is a different type of vegetable growing in the garden.
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Decision power is knowledge-based, wisdom-driven and character-oriented.
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Pattern Thinking is a type of problem-solving thinking.
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Organizational maturity is not just about technical excellence or process efficiency, but also about business effectiveness, agility, innovation intelligence, and people-centricity.
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Perhaps the difficulty in measuring Change Management is that the very thing we are measuring is changing.
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To motivate” is the act of giving somebody a reason or incentive to do things.
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Creativity requires openness and growth mind to new experiences and explore new possibilities.
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Digital fit” should be first defined as “mind fit,” and then following with attitude fit and behavior fit.
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Inspiration is the result of moments of insight and a key component of internal “drive.
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Context is a chain of associations which stimulate creativity.
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Both the art of intuition and the science of analytics have the role to play in making wise decisions.
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Culture is what happens when the managers are not around.
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Innovation is the only bridge to mind digital gaps.
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The digital philosophy is to live as “customers,” when practicing IT management.
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Creativity is a passion for some who are inquisitive and want to explore new possibilities.
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Keeping it simple, you have a vision of what you are to become and a strategy for making that happen.
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Integrative thinkers consider the problem as a whole, rather than breaking it down and farming out the parts.
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Genuinely intelligence-led operations have to be embedded into both processes and more importantly mindsets to bridge the gaps in Risk Management.
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A benchmarking mind is an “interpreter” mind which can bridge the gaps.
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Creativity is the ability to create novel value, creative mind is defined as the originator.
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Wisdom is the intelligent use of our knowledge, whereas sensibility is an intelligent use of our judgment.
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Holistic wisdom is the hallmark of the holistic mindset.
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To think critically, it is first maturing and distancing a bit from self, no matter what level one lives on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
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Analysis and synthesis are different mental muscles to serve different purposes.
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A peaceful mind is not a matter of doing, but of being.
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Listening is an important skill to spark creativity and cultivate empathy.
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Digital is the age of innovation because creativity is about connecting the dots in the wider scope.
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Businesses need the well-defined set of guidelines and rules for managing innovation risks in a structural way.
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The paradox is the result of two opposing truths existing side by side, which can be both right.
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Paradoxes are conflicting choices or conditions that demand equal attention.
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Agility within and of itself is a strategy.
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Passion is a strong emotion and the enthusiasm to do something.
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The mindset, vision, competency, capability, culture and marketing opportunity are all great starting point for business model innovation.
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Insight is the deep intuitive understanding of things, and it often breaks through the conventional wisdom.
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You have to be able to look objectively at the problem, deflating the emotional part of it.
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High-quality professions look decently, think profoundly, and act thoughtfully.
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The key to organizational success is to integrate next generation of leaders, tap into their way of looking at the world, solve problems in a very collaborative working style.
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A flexible mind has a better chance to think differently and take a unique path in the life journey.
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The well-defined principles last when time moves on. However, a progressive organization or society will love to break the old or hidden rules in order to move forward.
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Healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles - looking at things from the different angles, with increased perspective and less prejudgment.
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Innovation becomes possible only if people can step out of their comfort zone.
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Creativity needs encouragement as food, and conflict to spark it.
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