“Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign.” PurposeGrowthTechnologyEconomicExampleInnovationEnginesFactoriesElectricityEconomic GrowthSteamComplementaryCascadeSteam EnginesRedesign Author:Erik Brynjolfsson
“Most people would say 'the deets', but I say 'the tails'. Just another example of innovation.” PeopleExampleInnovationTails Author:Aziz Ansari
“I think consumerism breeds dissatisfaction, and I think that the advertisers play to that. So I cannot be comfortable with that. On the other hand, the cornucopia of products and innovation - I love Apple, for example. That's a temple of consumerism in many ways.” ThinkingWayPlayHandsExampleProductsComfortableInnovationApplesTemplesConsumerismDissatisfactionAdvertisers Author:John Elkington
“Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.” LongDoeTermExampleInnovationClimateLong TermDistrustCompliance Author:Stephen Covey
“We can see how the role of mobile has changed in past 20 years. It is a perfect example of how one innovation can change an entire era.” YearsPastPerfectRolesTechnologyExampleChangedIndiaInnovationErasMobileInformation Technology Author:Narendra Modi
“Year after year after year, people write books about managing innovation or about leadership, for example, without ever going through the pain of saying, "This kind of leadership will cause this result in these circumstances and a very different result in those circumstances." This is academic malpractice of the worst kind.” PeopleWritingYearsKindBookDifferentPainCausesResultsWorstExampleCircumstancesInnovationAcademicMalpractice Author:Clayton Christensen