“In spite of the extraordinary outpouring of totally and partially new products and new ways of doing things that we are witnessing today, by far the greatest flow of newness is not innovation at all. Rather, it is imitation.” WayTodayProductsFlowInnovationExtraordinarySpiteNew WaysImitationNewnessNew ProductsNew Ways Of Doing Things Book:Marketing for business growth Source: Marketing for business growth
“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection to such extraordinary manipulations, having been prolonged to 10 days (in Durban 70 years ago), truncated to as few as 60 balls (in Hong Kong every year), and remained recognisable in each instance?” YearsGamesCapacityYears AgoBallsInnovationExtraordinaryReputationInstanceRemarkableManipulationSurvivedCricketConservatismHong KongSubjectionDurban Author:Gideon Haigh
“What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest. You would have thought that the end of all this innovation, technological advancement, and financial wizardry should be to create less work, not more of it.” WorldShouldEndsCountrySeemsTermEconomicHard WorkInnovationExtraordinaryFinancialHardestTechnologicalAdvancementOutputWizardryTechnological Advancement Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake are inexhaustible. They are celebrations of the ordinary, compelling reactions to philosophical elitism about "the good life". I hope to examine both of them further, doing more justice to Joycean comedy than I did in my "invitation" to the Wake, and trying to understand how the extraordinary stylistic innovations, particularly the proliferation of narrative forms, enable Joyce to "see life foully" from a vast number of sides.” TryingFormSidesJusticeNumbersComedyOrdinaryInnovationPhilosophicalExtraordinaryReactionsNarrativeGood LifeCelebrationCompellingInvitationsProliferationElitismJoyceUlyssesFinnegans Wake Author:Philip Kitcher
“Technology enables consumers and investors to have extraordinary choice and ease of switching, which, in turn, stimulates much fiercer competition than ever before, which, in turn, makes it imperative for every institution to innovate like mad. That innovation is powering our economy these days, and it requires companies to find and utilize creative workers. That's the most important syllogism going; technology is embedded in that syllogism, but it's not as if we're seeing these productivity gains because of the technology.” ImportantChoicesTechnologyEconomyCreativeInnovationMadCompetitionExtraordinaryProductivityInvestorsEmbeddedCreative Work Author:Robert Reich
“We can't have extraordinary dynamism, innovation, and change in the economy and expect to have predictability and stability in our personal lives. It's not as if there are these big, giant institutions existing between us and the economy. In fact, these institutions have become tissue-thin. There is no mediation anymore. We are the economy; the economy is us.” EconomyInnovationExtraordinaryStabilityPersonal LifeMediationPredictability Author:Robert Reich
“Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for the stars. It's our nature. It's our destiny.” HelpingStarsSpaceDestinyAdventureOffersTravelTestsInnovationExtraordinaryCommerceFunny TravelOur Destiny Author:Bill Frist
“Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables.” GivingOpportunityCreativityTechnologyWasteInnovationDemocraticExtraordinaryDigitalDinosaursVetoDigital Technology Book:Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity Source: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
“We live in an extraordinary time. We are caught up in a pace of social and technological change that makes our work, our business and education, sources of anxiety and unfulfillment. Thinking about our thinking and observing our observations can bring us a new world in which work becomes a place for innovation, and in which peace, wisdom, friendship, companionship and community can exist. Let us design this world together.” ThinkingWorldTogetherSocialCommunityDesignThis WorldSourceAnxietyInnovationExtraordinaryCaughtObservationPaceNew WorldTechnologicalCompanionshipCaught UpObservingTechnological ChangeUnfulfillment Author:Fernando Flores