“Banning human cloning reflects our humanity. It is the right thing to do. Creating a child through this new method calls into question our most fundamental beliefs. It has the potential to threaten the sacred family bonds at the very core of our ideals and our society. At its worst, it could lead to misguided and malevolent attempts to select certain traits, even to create certain kind of children -- to make our children objects rather than cherished individuals.” HumansKindChildrenCertainHumanityIndividualBeliefWorstObjectsCreatingIdealsOur ChildrenMethodFundamentalsSacredCoreThings To DoRight ThingOur SocietyTraitsSelectMisguidedCloningFamily BondHuman Cloning Author:William J. Clinton
“Elegant in its simplicity and practicality, Lee has distilled many powerful leadership strategies into the lessons many of us learned as children. They are no less relevant to our working lives. At its core, Creating Magic is a collection of stories that reminds us to demonstrate care and respect for every member of the team and to focus our efforts not our ourselves but on the people we lead.” PeopleChildrenStoriesCarePowerfulEffortFocusMagicTeamLessonsMembersCreatingStrategySimplicityCoreCollectionsRelevantElegantPracticalityWorking Life Author:George Bodenheimer
“But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange moon. The nocturne transformed itself into dreamy rooms with Chopin's music creating a mood that softened the hard core of self.” SelfHardRoomsMoonCreatingCoreMoodTransformedGreyOrangeMistFadedDreamyHard CoreWhistler Author:Mark Tobey
“Rajneeshism is creating a Noahs Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and thats what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.” WayConsciousnessTeachMiddleCreatingWorshipCoreRitualArkCyclones Author:Rajneesh
“Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the core), and to do what they are not currently doing but will need to do in the future (call this creating the new).” NeedsTwoJobsLeaderCreatingCoreStrengtheningTwo Jobs Author:Scott D. Anthony
“In the strengthening the core job, a leader can draw on their past experiences. After all, in most cases they did the job of the people that are reporting to them! So they know when something is screwed up, they know the risks worth taking, and they know the corners to cut. But when they are creating the new, no one knows what the right answer is.” PeopleKnowsJobsPastAnswersLeaderCasesCuttingRiskCreatingDrawsCornersCoreStrengtheningScrewed UpRight AnswersPast Experiences Author:Scott D. Anthony
“One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those teams make no progress because they spent forever updating each other on what they are doing versus really crushing the most critical problems they need to address.” NeedsProblemMistakeCompanyForeverProgressTeamCreatingFunctionInnovationMirrorsCriticalCoreCrushAddressesVersusBiggest MistakeLarge Companies Author:Scott D. Anthony
“I believe a great company, whether improving a sector or creating a new one, needs to have an excellent product or service at its core; needs strong management to execute the plan and a good brand to give it the edge over its competitors. Providing quality service, combined with value for money and in an innovative way ensures you offer real value - and finally to be responsible to society and the planet.” WayNeedsGivingBelieveRealValuesStrongI BelieveQualityCompanyPlansPlanetsProductsOffersCreatingResponsibleManagementEdgesCoreBrandsExcellentOver ItProvidingImprovingCompetitorsInnovativeBeing ResponsibleStrong ManReal ValueGreat CompanyQuality Service Author:Richard Branson