“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“On the supply side, for innovation, you'd say, go look at those R&D budgets, and they haven't moved in the last 20 years. In the case of the US - which is the majority of R&D funding across every category you can name: health, energy, whatever - it's been about $5 billion a year from the Department of Energy.” YearsLooksNamesEnergySidesCasesHavensInnovationMajorityMovedBillionsBudgetsDepartmentCategoriesFunding Author:Bill Gates
“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
“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksKindIdeasLastsSidesResultsEconomyFiveProductsListeningPerformancesInnovationFinancialFantasticFive YearsReactingPipelineLast Five YearsFinancial Results Author:Steve Ballmer
“Success is on the far side of failure.” SuccessFearSidesCreativityFailureInnovationFar Side Author:Thomas J. Watson
“When the 'weaker' of the two brains (right and left) is stimulated and encouraged to work in cooperation with the stronger side, the end result is a great increase in overall ability and ... often five to ten times more effectiveness.” TwoEndsLeftSidesAbilityResultsBrainCreativityFiveTenIncreaseStrongerInnovationCooperationEffectivenessEnd Results Author:Robert E. Ornstein
“Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge economy the traditional soft people side of our business has become the new hard side.” PeopleHardMotivationCultureSidesCompanyCreativityEconomyBuildingPerformancesInnovationDrivenTraditionalCorporateCompassionateNurtureCorporate Culture Author:Gay Mitchell
“There is a creative act involved by the receiver as well as by the sender and that makes for innovation. Both sides are equally important.” WellsImportantSidesCreativeInvolvedInnovationCollaborationBoth SidesReceiver Author:Kirk Varnedoe
“It's impossible to have a coin with only one side. You can't have heads without tails. Innovation is like that. Initiative is like that. Art is like that. You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure. As soon as you say, 'failure is not an option,' you've just said, 'innovation is not an option.'” ArtSaidSidesImpossibleArt IsInnovationPreparedInitiativeTailsCoinsFailure Is Not An Option Author:Seth Godin