“The best innovation comes from inclusive work environments that foster diverse ideas, nurture people with diverse talent and backgrounds, and create strong relationships with diverse communities.” PeopleIdeasStrongCommunityEnvironmentTalentInnovationBackgroundsDiverseNurtureWork EnvironmentStrong Relationship Author:Mark Parker
“For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe itself to the multitudes of ideas around us. While we can make atomic bombs, and dry-clean silk ties, we still don't have satisfying answers for simple questions like: Where do songs come from? Are there an infinite variety of possible kinds of cheese? How did Shakespeare and Stephen King invent so much, while we're satisfied watching sitcom reruns? Our popular answers have been unconvincing, enabling misleading, fantasy-laden myths to grow strong.” KindHas BeensStillsIdeasSongUniverseStrongGrowsSimpleAnswersFantasyModernCenturyCreationKingsInnovationInfiniteCleanMythSatisfiedVarietyTiesDryBombsSatisfyingCheeseGoogleMultitudesMisleadSilkSitcomEnablingAtomic BombMitReruns Author:Scott Berkun
“There can be no solution to the challenge of climate change that is not global. But if we can come together in partnership, we can transform today's challenge into tomorrow's opportunity - an opportunity for green growth and sustainable prosperity... we also need a strong bottom-up push from academics and opinion-shapers such as you. Universities such as yours are founts of ideas and innovation. They are furnaces of innovation and entrepreneurship. So, send forth this word.” IfsNeedsIdeasTodayTogetherOpportunityStrongGrowthChallengesOpinionTomorrowSolutionsInnovationGreenClimateEnvironmentalBottomClimate ChangeUniversityProsperityEntrepreneurshipSustainabilityPartnershipFurnacesIdeas And Innovation Author:Ban Ki-moon
“The best leaders are apt to be found among those executives who have a strong component of unorthodoxy in their character. Instead of resisting innovation, they symbolize it.” CharacterFoundStrongLeaderInnovationExecutivesComponentsResistingBest Leader Author:David Ogilvy
“Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.” KnowsCountryAmericaStrongPresidentInnovationResilienceOptimisticOur CountryWillingnessOur FuturePresident ObamaTenacityRight DirectionBeing Optimistic Author:Valerie Jarrett
“Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.” StrongRoomsOfficeInnovationAssetsMicrosoft Author:Bill Gates
“Startups think globally so as minister for digital affairs and innovation I do so too and strive to show the entire world how strong French tech is.” ThinkingWorldStrongInnovationStriveAffair Author:Axelle Lemaire
“If you have a strong business idea, then it is comparatively easy now to get capital. It is a positive thing that increasingly more people want to join the startup bandwagon. However, to build a successful business, focus on creating more value through the product, and direct your efforts on solving real issues. If you manage to build a sustainable product, revenue will follow. A lot of startups fail because they concentrate on incremental innovations, increasing user base, and monetisation before strengthening the core of their business.” PeopleRealValuesStrongEasyEffortSuccessfulFocusFailingDirectInnovationManageUsersStrengtheningSuccessful Business Author:Bhavin Turakhia
“Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.” PeopleThinkingStrongNaturalAbilityCreativityCreativeTalentSkillsInnovationProfitProductivityEmpoweringAppropriateTeamworkCreative ThinkingCreativity And InnovationCreative PowerCreative ThoughtNatural AbilityCreativity And LearningSkills And Talent Author:Edward de Bono
“Vision is perhaps our greatest strength.. it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.” InspirationStrongVisionAliveCenturyShapesInnovationPeersContinuityBillionaire Author:Li Ka-shing
“The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation.” GovernmentOrderStrongProcessLibertyInnovationTendenciesEaseSheerDisbeliefStrong Government Author:John A. Hobson
“Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us succeed. We've built strong democracies to protect the freedoms given to us by an Almighty God. We've welcomed immigrants, who have helped us thrive. We've built prosperous economies by rewarding innovation and risk-taking and trade. And we've built an enduring alliance to confront terrorists and tyrants.” TwoHelpingStrongGivenNationsChallengesPrinciplesEconomyDemocracyRiskSucceedProtectBuiltInnovationTradeEndureIsraelTerroristPresidentialThriveImmigrantsTyrantsAlmightyProsperousAlliancesRisk-takingAlmighty GodTwo Nations Author:George W. Bush
“In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn't have existed without the openness of the platform. There's a strong tempation to close the platform, because they look at what they can accomplish when they limit the competitors' access to the platform, and they say 'That's really exciting.'” NeedsLooksHappensTodayOrderStrongLimitsHappeningsExcitingInnovationAccomplishAccessBunchOpennessPlatformsGoogleEpicCompetitorsValve Author:Gabe Newell
“If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry.” IfsAmericaBeautifulFormLanguageStrongInnovationBarsPoetry IsBeaten Author:Jim Jarmusch
“As a long-time British Airways advisor, I have seen first-hand that as a company they are committed to innovation, entrepreneurship and the Bay Area community. UnGrounded is strong proof of that commitment.” FirstsLongHandsStrongCommunityCompanyLong TimeCommitmentAreasInnovationCommittedBritishProofEntrepreneurshipAdvisorsBay AreaBritish Airways Author:Rhonda Abrams