The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Supporting innovation involves identifying small ideas with big potential and providing role models and resources to grow them.
- In plain terms
- Find small ideas with potential and give people the tools to make them big.
- What can you take from it?
- Small projects need resources and role models to scale.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What small idea did you ignore that had potential?
- How do you support innovation in your team?
Another view
Not all small ideas will scale to big businesses.
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