{"author":"Max McKeown","author_id":"Max+McKeown","total_quotes":42,"quotes":[{"text":"Innovation is deviance which means that the rebellious personality is a natural resource for practical creativity. As an innovator, you need to reject the old to establish a new, better, status quo. And one of the most powerful sources of newness is the rebel or maverick, mind.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["creativity","ideas","innovation","maverick","rebel","revolution"],"id":400,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"Only the right pain gets the right gain.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["inspirational","life-lessons","life-inspirational","motivation","motivational","psychology"],"id":3046,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["adaptability","change","evolution","improvement","innovation","inspirational"],"id":21827,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"Plug into the anti-obvious power of the rebel. Or get those opposing minds to plug into your purpose, to solve your problem, to reimagine your process.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["blue-ocean","creativity","imagination","innovation","obvious","rebels","revolution"],"id":24456,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["innovation","leadership","strategic","strategic-planning","strategy"],"id":28722,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"If traditional doesn't work, then traditions won't do.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["change","creativity","culture","innovation","revolution","traditional","traditions"],"id":31867,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"Strategy is about shaping the future.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["business","definition","entrepreneurship","leadership","management","strategic","strategy","success"],"id":56348,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy.","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["entrepreneurship","goals","innovation","leadership","management-and-leadership","risk","strategy"],"id":61384,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"We need to move from comparative advantage to perpetual advantage...","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["business","competition","creativity","customers","future","innovation","marketing","planning","strategic","strategy","winning"],"id":67835,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"},{"text":"Innovation is about practical creativity - it's about making new ideas useful...","author":"Max McKeown","tags":["creativity","dreams","ideas","innovation","making-a-difference","practicality","strategy","value"],"id":77217,"author_id":"Max+McKeown"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":42,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}