Tim Hurson Quotes

Giving ourselves permission to imagine allows us to access a huge resource of cognitive capacity that we often ignore.

One of the major barriers to productive thinking is the almost compulsive drive in most business organizations to be right.

No matter how dysfunctional the present, no matter how sensible the reasons for change, most people and organizations would rather wring out the old than ring in the new.

Training, as practiced in much of corporate America, is an astonishing waste of resources.

When you try to generate ideas, think of yourself as a sales person knocking on a whole subdivision of doors. Some won't open at all, some will open a suspicious crack, and some will slam in your face. But the more doors you knock on, the greater your chances of being invited in.

We think the more detailed and exhaustive our plans, the more likely the future will actually mirror our vision. But it rarely even comes close.