Pearl Zhu

Quotes

• “Digital innovation is a dynamic storybook that has intricate chapters, with a serendipitous cover, which can be flipped ...”
• “The industrial-based enterprise of the 20th century had run out of gas, and the digital enterprise of the 21st century h...”
• “The very nature of open innovation is to take advantage of all sources of creativity in a more open way and make a leap ...”
• “Only functioning as a whole brain, IT can strike the right balance between stability and agility; creativity and standar...”
• “Hybrid Thinking is a set of digital minds integrating the multiple thought processes to think bigger, think deeper, thin...”
• “Innovation journey is like taking a hiking trip at the trail very few or even no people ever went before, it takes coura...”
• “The pervasive digitalization or IT consumerism requires the balance of “old experience” and “new way to do things,” the ...”
• “The mindset, vision, competency, capability, culture and marketing opportunity are all great starting point for business...”
• “You can feel creative tension when you sense the freedom to be creative, the harmony not via compliance only, but throug...”
• “The innovation classification is not just based on the required investments, or on the potential market, but on its evol...”
• “The challenge is having a harmonized vision about management philosophy, capability, structure, and maturity in a digita...”
• “Organizational democracy will begin to become a fundamental management practice to update the hierarchical command-contr...”
• “Build a heterogeneous team to close three gaps in innovation management - idea gaps, collaboration gaps, and implementat...”
• “To strengthen the IT-business link, it takes more resource to doing innovation, not just IT innovation, but business inn...”
• “Creativity is the ability to create novel value, and innovation is how to transform ideas and achieve their business val...”
• “Create and nurture an environment in your organization where curiosity is encouraged, and creative thinking is rewarded.”
• “Digital organizations can become hyper-connected and “super-creative” via dealing with innovation dilemmas collectively.”
• “The exercise of blending people’s problem-solving abilities to produce the desired outcome is a worthwhile thing to do.”
• “IT is the key component in catalyzing digital innovation and building up differentiated business capabilities nowadays.”
• “Digital IT has a “hybrid” nature. IT management philosophy is transforming from “built to last,” to “wired for change.”
• “In essence, innovation is the use of something that is new and unique, and you are able to create its business value.”
• “An innovation ecosystem is a systematic innovation methodological environment or a sort of innovation philosophy.”
• “Innovation is to connect the dots - synthesizing that goes in one mind, and teamwork through collective insight.”
• “Businesses need the well-defined set of guidelines and rules for managing innovation risks in a structural way.”
• “The best way to foster creativity is to help people communicate in a way that instills confidence, not fear.”
• “A hybrid of centralization and decentralization is counter-balance of delivering effective IT capabilities.”
• “An outlier does not lack knowledge but has the interdisciplinary understanding to see things differently.”
• “A transformation often needs to break down the outdated rules, and a transaction is following the rules.”
• “IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage.”
• “As a CIO, you need to understand what the organization’s expectation from IT through innovation lenses.”
• “T has to continue to evolve the digital dynamic and reinvent itself as an innovative game changer.”
• “A CIO as “Chief Intrapreneur Officer” has creative, logical, hybrid, and abstract thinking traits.”
• “Always dig through the thoughts underneath the words, and be authentic of being who you are.”
• “Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers.”
• “Running IT with boldness doesn’t mean IT goes rogue, it means IT becomes more intelligent,”
• “Innovation is a question of ambition, and imagination, not a question of investment only.”
• “For IT, information management is fundamental, and innovation management is value-added.”
• “The essence of “Being Hybrid” is about balance - to keep things going steadfastly.”
• “The solution to encourage creativity is to maximize use of employees’ brainpower.”
• “The digital philosophy is to live as “customers,” when practicing IT management.”
• “Innovation becomes simply “creating value by solving simple or complex problems.”
• “You cannot “disrupt” without incremental innovation being part of the process.”
• “Silos build the wall in people’s minds and tie the knots in their hearts.”
• “Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed.”
• “Develop talent for tomorrow, rather than just hire for yesterday.”
• “Creativity is a high level of thinking and intelligence.”
• “Creativity is a flow, an abstract and an imagination.”
• “Innovators find more viewing spots than the rest.”