Strategic Transformation Quotes

In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.

When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders.

Turnarounds seldom turn.

The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for which it has no precedent.

There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline.

The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won't survive.

You either disrupt your own company or someone else will.

The role of design at a company is to allow you to recreate yourself, to allow your company to find a new way of success before the old way fails.

No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.

The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.

A question that often comes up at times of strategic transformation is, should you pursue a highly focused approach, betting everything on one strategic goal, or should you hedge? ... Mark Twain hit it on the head when he said, Put all of your eggs in one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET.

There's no more exciting moment for me as a brand strategist than a turnaround.

The best companies in the world have all had predecessors. 'YouTube' was a dating site. You always have to evolve into something else.

Change your practices without abandoning your core values.