Daniel Burrus > Quotes

“It used to be that the big eat the small; now it’s the fast that eat the slow. Fast is the new big.”
― Daniel Burrus, Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible

“The way we’ve always done it is the biggest hurdle we face going forward successfully into the future.”
― Daniel Burrus, Flash Foresight: See the Invisible to Do the Impossible

“Companies that disrupt an industry don’t rely on traditional strategies and competencies that other organizations use every day.”
― Daniel Burrus, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage

“The move from scarcity thinking to abundance thinking, from zero-sum competition to one-hundred-sum collaboration, is not just a “nice” or “moral” idea. In the twenty-first century, it’s plain good sense. Scarcity says, “I’m going to keep all my ideas to myself and sell more than anyone else.” Abundance says, “By mentoring, coaching, and sharing all our best ideas, we’re going to create a powerful tide that raises all our ships—and we’ll all sell more as a result.”
― Daniel Burrus, Flash Foresight: See the Invisible to Do the Impossible

“To a startling extent, in other words, our vision of the future is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Change your view of the future, and you direct your future.”
― Daniel Burrus, Flash Foresight: See the Invisible to Do the Impossible