Eric Ries Quotes

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I see the opportunity and we're going right.'

Moving with the times is an important idea for strategy today.

I think I've changed my business strategy every year since 2003. You have to be watching the horizon constantly. The rug has been pulled out from under our feet so many times.

Leadership changes, and evolving marketplace conditions can significantly impact business strategy.

Every few years, you have to change your strategy. You have to look at how the world is mutating, and mutate. Not in the same way but in parallel.

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Once an organization has a strong sense of mission, leaders can focus on trying new things.

There is something to this vision thing.

We've navigated a lot of change at Campbell's. The best thing for me to be able to do is to discuss that change with people.

I didn't really have a road map ever.

The things that worked for us in the past wasn't going to work the same way going forward.

A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering.

There are different ways to lead throughout a practice or a year. Whatever that moment needs is something I've always tried to be ready to do.

You change your business plan to anticipate and adapt to changes in the marketplace.

You move an organization when they understand where you want them to go.

As the game changes you have to change with it.

Coaches are going to adapt to whatever the rules are. The rules certainly change strategy.

You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system.