Lauren DeStefano Quotes

If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.

Leaders fix things that are broken.

Improvements are invented only by those who can feel that something is not good.

When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.

I like progress but I hate change.

The world's been pretty good at coming up with new ways of doing things.

If you don't take risks, you won't be able to do anything. I was confident I could use my experience to change and improve the way Macau worked.

Change is not always progress.

We have to change.

Normal people … believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

I know that without change there would be no progress, but I am not going to mistake mere change for progress.

Innovation is a necessity.

We need innovation and creativity.

Absolutely everything undergoes evolvement - whether it's technology, journalism, the NFL, medicine.

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.

The first instrument is not the final instrument.

Finding a better way is all I do.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

I always try to find better ways to do things. Whether it's a game plan, a practice, a meeting, an interview, whatever it is. I'm going to find a way to find a way to analyze it and find a better way to do it. That's my mindset. I've never been satisfied with anything. That's just my mindset. I'm always trying to find a better way to do things.

We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.

We've got to change the way we do things.

Occasionally, you have to make adjustments and try different things.

I like to think about the future and how things can be done better than they are now. That's what engineers do.

I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way.

When you have a blueprint doesn't mean you can't add another room.