206 Quotes About Disruption

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution continue to evolve, the winners will be those who are able to quickly adapt to change, upskill themselves and fully participate in entrepreneurship and innovation-driven ecosystems, providing new business models and ideas rather than those who can only bring certificates to the table or only offer low-skilled labor.

Certificates are no longer a guaranteed ticket to success. You can do more today with your life having just an internet connection; and that’s an opportunity our parents and grandparents never had.

Disrupt Yourself Or Be Disrupted is a book that provides you with ready-to-implement pragmatic blueprints for personal transformation, unconventional thinking and helps you look at the world through a fresh lens, one that turns assumptions and conventions upside down.

As we boldly enter the new decade, we need to make sure that we do so in a way that fosters individual talents and preserves the entrepreneurial spirit rising in Africa; as young people are rising as risk-takers, inventors, disruptors and thought leaders.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is not about new Apps or new technologies. It is about a new era, new ways of thinking and new ways of doing business.

In the past, businesses were built on the brick and mortar model, transactions were done in triplicate, using carbon paper, and success was based on educational background and certificates. Fast forward to today. The internet, connectivity and emerging technologies have completely changed the game. To compete and survive in this new era requires a disruptive approach.

The whole notion of disruption is adolescent: It assumes that after the teenagers make a mess, the adults will come and clean it up. But there are no adults. We own this mess.

When backing companies, I always look for industries that are ripe for disruption.

There are people who steal your energy or disrupt your energy field.