The Galvins like to think about certain things that most people think are impossible, and then we like to engage a process to try to make them possible.
Christopher GalvinWhat most people don't understand about failure in innovation is that it's an investment. It's actually an investment in experience.
Christopher GalvinLeading innovation can be a uniquely lonely and unpopular thing because most of the time, you have to stand by yourself saying, "Everybody sees the world this way. I see the world another way."
Christopher GalvinI took a long view in order to not destroy the core Galvin-defined principles imbued in Motorola, such as constant respect for people, its instincts for breakthrough innovation, and continuous renewal in thinking and process rigor.
Christopher Galvin