Isaac Asimov Quotes

I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Microsoft, is going to continue to succeed. But I think the business model of Microsoft is going to have to change.

My business is to prevent the future.

The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past.

There is still need to think and plan, but on a different scale, and along different lines.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

Luxembourg has always been a country that has tried to reinvent its own future.

You cannot change strategy due to a trend.

The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.

The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast

We have to look for opportunities if we're going to survive the next 50 years. We can't depend on what we have now.

The world of marketing has changed. You can lead the change or be a victim of change.

We have to dare to modernize to get room to maneuver for the priorities in the future.

Any of our businesses will not exist in the form that is today, will not exist in the same form one year later, two years later... We have to worry about the disruptions in the business models and the practices.

I get asked all the time, What do you do differently than 10 years ago, or what will you do differently in the years to come?' In the years to come, I have no idea.

Nobody understands how the world will change. The only way you can plan for the future is to have scenarios. You have to have the courage to take a leap of faith on one of them.

To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.

Disruptors are the ones with a keen sense of how the world is changing and how to get in front of change, driven by curiosity. The disrupted - not so much.

I don't do anything unless I think about it six months in advance.

I want to talk more about the future than the past.

In this business, you can't make any plans.

We need to be able to answer not yesterday's challenges but to tomorrow's challenges.

Every organization has to prepare for the abandonment of everything it does.

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business; the trailer seldom goes far.