Successful entrepreneurs may hate hierarchies and structures and try to destroy them. They may garner the disapproval of MBAs for their creativity and wildness. But they have antennae in their heads. When they walk down the street anywhere in the world, they have their antennae out, evaluating how what they see can relate back to what they are doing. It might be packaging, a word, a poem, or even something in a completely different business.
Anita RoddickYou've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality
Anita RoddickYou persuade people with passion, so you've got to have a product or service you feel emotionally charged about. Then you can tell stories about it that will inspire others.
Anita RoddickMake heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.
Anita Roddick