Jim Hunt Quotes

Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand.

Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random.

In innovation, you're trying to create something from nothing.

Creativity is an import-export business.

Creativity is, after all, lauded as the engine of business innovation.

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

Openness explains the ability to innovate and come up with big ideas because you're open to them, and fluid intelligence explains the ability to go and execute.

I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.

Anytime you put a challenge out there, people come up with a creative solution on the software side.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.

Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.

When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?'

I like to experiment a lot and invent things.

You can't teach someone to be imaginative.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.

We can't get any new thinking because we can't get any new thinkers.

Curiosity and creating ideas ironically are both democratized; they cost no money, anyone can do them, and it's up the individual and the force of their personality to give life to them.