This month’s leadership quote:
“Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.”
— Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi lived from September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986 and was a Hungarian physiologist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.
Like all inventors, Mr. Szent-Györgyi lived this quote. The questions this brings to mind are:
- How do the rest of us follow his example?
- How do we look, really look, at what is and see the opportunities?
- When we do our SWOT analysis, do we focus externally on the O and the T?
- Do we challenge ourselves to find the opportunities and threats, turning both into discoveries and innovation?
The initial results of my Pivot are excellent. I feel I have much greater clarity regarding the next 3-5 years.. 