“It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.” CommonCuttingToughAbuseInnovationRewardsFinancialCommon SenseFinancial MarketsShort Cuts Author:Barack Obama
“Corporate globalists and the corporate empires they serve may be at the cutting edge of technological innovation, but socially and environmentally they are relics of a bygone era of imperial colonial rule, elite privilege, and state-sanctioned plunder.” MayStatesCuttingInnovationEnvironmentalPrivilegeEdgesErasCorporateEmpiresElitesSustainabilityTechnologicalPlunderRelicsCutting Edge Author:David Korten
“Lands' End has undergone three major changes over the past couple of decades. The first was the introduction of an 800 number, in 1978; the second was express delivery, in 1994; and the third was the introduction of a Web site, in 1995. The first two innovations cut the average transaction time-the time between the moment of ordering and the moment the goods are received-from three weeks to four days. The third innovation has cut the transaction time from four days to, well, four days.” FirstsWellsTwoEndsMomentsPastThreeNumbersFourCuttingWeekLandCoupleMajorsThirdsInnovationAverageDecadesGoodsSiteIntroductionDeliveryOver The PastTransactionsMajor Change Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Of course, the whole photographic process has been made much faster, cleaner and far more accessible to people by digital innovations, which is really great. Everybody now has a camera, often as part of our phone, and most of these cameras require little to no technical training. An enormous variety of apps also enable us to take short cuts to finished images. We hardly need to even think anymore.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLittlesHas BeensMadeWholeCoursesProcessCuttingTrainingInnovationCamerasPhonesFinishedEnormousVarietyFasterDigitalReally GreatCleanersAppsShort CutsTechnical Training Author:Michael Kenna
“NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.” WorldWayWellsInspirationJobsSpaceCuttingPoliticianProgramInnovationMereBudgetsAgencyExplorationEnginesSpace ExplorationNasa Author:Bill Nye
“Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.” FeelsFirstsMayLongEducationCuttingTeachingLike YouInnovationImpactInvestmentFlyingEnginesAirplaneDeficitOverloadedFlying High Author:Barack Obama
“Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic innovation in such things as child development or cutting crime.” ChildrenStillsHardGovernmentMightAcceptingCuttingCrimeDevelopmentBenefitsInnovationBillionsSystematicHardwareChild Development Author:Geoff Mulgan
“In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.” AgeGrowthForgetCuttingEconomicInformationBuildingInnovationBlockBudgetsEconomic GrowthInformation AgeBuilding BlocksBudget Cuts Author:Tim Bishop
“And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how to create and keep the next wave of American jobs and American innovations, who's figuring out how to out-compete the Idea Generations of Indias and Chinas of the world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsIdeasJobsYoungNextInspiringWonderCuttingGenerationsIndiaInnovationWaveEdgesChinaCutting EdgeAlways ThinkingAmerican Jobs Author:Barack Obama