“Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating semi-spontaneous 'groundswells' of opinions to which companies and other institutions are realizing they must respond. From marketing to consumers organizations are being pulled into engaging with individuals.” PeopleIndividualSocialRealizingCompanyOpinionMediaCreatingToolsOrganizationInstitutionsMarketingSocial MediaConsumersEtcSpontaneousEngagingConnectingBlogsWikis Author:Charlene Li
“Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.” PeopleThinkingWayHelpingEarthOpportunityWealthPowerfulPovertyPolicyDevelopmentCreatingInstitutionsLiftsMost PowerfulCreating Wealth Author:Peter Blair Henry
“Poor people always pay back their loans. [...] It is us, the designers of institutions and rules, who keep creating trouble for them.” PeoplePoorPayTroubleCreatingInstitutionsCreatorPoor PeopleLoan Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. It is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union.” CountryFacesOpportunityChallengesJusticePerfectSourceKeysCreatingInstitutionsUnionsCriminalsUsaTensionGapsSoleJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemRacial Tension Author:Barack Obama
“Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom.” ThinkingEyeAcceptanceDemandBehaviorCreatingIndependentManagementInstitutionsStrategyInvestmentInvestingActiveParadoxConventionalMaintainingProfilePortfoliosConventional WisdomUnconventionalIndependent ThinkingActive Management Book:Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated Source: Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
“For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating an upper chamber in the European parliament, a new bridge could be built between national political classes, which retain democratic legitimacy, and the decision-making process in Brussels. Such a Senate should be recruited by indirect election from exisiting national parliaments.” ShouldPoliticalProcessDecisionClassNeededCreatingBuiltElectionInstitutionsUnionsDemocraticBridgesDecision MakingSenateParliamentChamberIncompleteEuropean UnionLegitimacyIndirectBrusselsDecision Making Process Author:Larry Siedentop
“Technological innovation is the successful implementation (in commerce or management) of a technical idea new to the institution creating it.” IdeasSuccessfulCreatingInnovationManagementInstitutionsCommerceTechnologicalImplementation Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“And if you look at society, the way it works, they are creating, from cradle to grave, left-brain prisoners. To advance in this society, you have to be good at passing exams in school, which are taking in left-brain information overwhelmingly. Then you go to the next level, and so on so that by the time you reach any level of significant influence in society or the institutions of society, you are fundamentally locked into your left brain. Or at least the majority of people are.” PeopleIfsWayLooksSchoolNextLeftLevelsBrainInfluenceInformationCreatingInstitutionsMajorityBe GoodSignificantGravesPassingPassingsPrisonerLockedCradleExamNext LevelThis SocietyLeft Brain Author:David Icke
“The State is a professional apparatus that sets itself apart from the people and apart from the institutions that the people themselves create. It's a monopoly on violence that manages and institutionalizes social activities. The people are perfectly capable of managing themselves and creating their own institutions.” PeopleStatesSocialViolenceActivityCreatingCapableInstitutionsManageMonopoly Author:Murray Bookchin
“Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.” IfsThinkingLooksTwoIdeasFacesChoicesBrainSpecialEventsCreatingSolutionsOrganizationInstitutionsSparksDedicatedNew IdeasSpecial Events Author:Simon Mainwaring