A New Turn of An Old Phrase

by Mark Graban on January 10, 2008 · 2 comments

“Use our minds first, not our money” | DailyKaizen

I like the phrase, above, that Lee Fried used at the DailyKaizen blog. I think I like the phrase better than “creativity before capital.” Same idea, but a slightly different way of saying it.

Subtle semantic difference, or they’re saying the same thing?

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1 Anonymous January 10, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Or a smaller byte: “Minds Before Money”

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2 Mike T. January 10, 2008 at 4:42 pm

I like the smaller byte!

One of our Design Engineers is currently in the DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) program. During a recent conversation he had a great comment (I don’t know if it is his or not, so I’ll give the credit to him):

“…unencumbered by the thought process…” ~ Larry Anderson, Hub City, Inc.

Ponder that one for a few minutes. What a great slogan for innovation and continuous improvement.

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