Adam Neumann Quotes

We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we need to do a better job of dealing with it, because when we start building huge gleaming monoliths, I think we start getting into trouble.

Here's a simple truth: When you surround a good idea with brilliant people, it changes. No matter how much you plan, great ideas have a mind of their own.

It's like they say in the Internet world — if you're doing the same thing today you were doing six months ago, you're doing the wrong thing. Parents can learn a lot from that.

You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

I think what I'm trying to build is a reputation for evolving and for change. Because of the rate of information that we have access to at this point, it's almost hard not to be ever-growing.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This is the biggest transformation in the structure of how humans work together since the Agricultural Revolution.

As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.'

My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through.

In any business, you have to evolve.

To have longevity in this business, you have to reinvent yourself. You can't keep doing the same stuff. Sometimes I've turned down stuff and lost money.

Change is one of my favourite words.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.

For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.

I believe it's less risky long-term to embrace change.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

Digitas is a company that's very rapidly changing - the digital world changes every day. It's important we hire people who are curious about what's going on and who are willing to learn and want to learn. I look for core leadership traits.

I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

I've learned in my life that things change. Seasons changes, times change. We take different jobs. Our children grow. So, we have to study the people in our lives and adapt to them, because when we do that, we get more out of our relationships.

I believe businesses don't grow or develop in terms of a blueprint. There is a huge element of opportunism involved.

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.