Doing it Right! Ep. 91 | Terry Jones, Founder Travelocity & Founding Chairman Kayak

Is your company already a zombie company? As the saying goes, “what got you here won’t get you there.” Terry Jones is the authority in turning DISRUPTION into INNOVATON. He did that for himself, coming from a degree in history to working in marketing and IT at American Airlines to founding Travelocity and Kayak— all from “just doing it and doing it right!”Six months into becoming a travel agent, Terry did a successful startup. After several others, his company was sold to American Airlines leading him to become the CIO. That’s when the big opportunity came his way – taking a little department that was selling tickets online and turning it into a big department called Travelocity.Terry’s a curious kinda guy. That curiosity let him to continued entrepreneurial successes—from travel to the computing part of travel, on into marketing and IT.How did Terry learn such varied competencies and turn them into prosperous businesses? Tune in as Terry highlights his life’s mission is helping companies change that don’t change, revealing ways to stay alert to disruptions in your industry and turn them into a culture of innovation. Both the names of his two books, Disruption OFF and ON Innovation.WEBSITE: TBJONES.COMBooks available on Amazon: Disruption Off and On InnovationCampingandEducationFoundation.orgKenzieAcademy.comTPOVS:You gotta learn how to learn.Don’t let your “delivery muscle” be stronger than your “discovery muscle.”You have to take more risks.Kill projects, not people.As an employee with a good idea to share, you have to get through the bozonelayer.You must draw your own margins.Anyone at any level can innovate.