“Entrepreneurship is the engine fuelling innovation, employment generation and economic growth. Only by creating an environment where entrepreneur- ship can prosper and where entrepreneurs can try new ideas and empower others can we ensure that many of the world’s issues will not go unaddressed.” WorldTryingIdeasGrowthIssuesEnvironmentGenerationsEconomicCreatingInnovationEntrepreneurShipsEmploymentEntrepreneurshipEmpoweringEnginesNew IdeasEconomic Growth Author:Klaus Schwab
“We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and how to speak to one another, that our kids don't know that achievement, there's no way in the world that could be good for us.” KnowsWorldWayKidsSpeakTeachingAchievementInnovationJazzBe GoodChiefsPrizeGreat Music Author:Wynton Marsalis
“During the past two centuries, innovation has more than doubled our life span and given us cheap energy and more food. If we project what the world will be like 10 years from now without continuing innovation in health, energy or food, the picture is dark.” IfsWorldYearsTwoPastEnergyGivenDarkOur LivesCenturyProjectsInnovationContinuingLife Span Author:Bill Gates
“Through scientific discovery and technological innovation, we enlist the forces of the natural world to solve many of the uniquely human problems we face - feeding and providing energy to agrowing population, improving human health, taking responsibility for protecting the environment and the global ecosystem, and ensuring our own Nation's security. Scientific discoveries inspire and enrich us, teaching us about the mysteries of life and the nature of the world.” WorldHumansProblemFacesEnergyForceNationsNaturalResponsibilityEnvironmentMysteryTeachingSecurityInspireDiscoveryInnovationPopulationSolveProvidingTechnologicalImprovingFeedingTaking ResponsibilityNatural WorldEcosystemsScientific DiscoveryMystery Of LifeHuman ProblemsHuman Health Author:William J. Clinton
“Tragedy speaks not of secular dilemmas which may be resolved by rational innovation, but of the unalterable bias toward inhumanity and destruction in the drift of the world.” WorldMaySpeakDestructionTragedyInnovationRationalBiasSecularDilemmaInhumanity Author:George Steiner
“Brynjolfsson and McAfee take us on a whirlwind tour of innovators and innovations around the world. But this isn't just casual sightseeing. Along the way, they describe how these technological wonders came to be, why they are important, and where they are headed.” WorldWayImportantWonderInnovationAround The WorldTechnologicalCasualInnovatorsWhirlwindSightseeing Author:Hal Varian
“Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book 'The Most Powerful Idea in the World.'” WorldBookIdeasPowerfulInnovationMost PowerfulSteamChronicles Author:Bill Gates
“If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldHappensJobsYoungEnergyEconomyThis WorldCapacityInnovationTrainCleanCome UpFuelDependentFossilsFossil FuelNew JobClean Energy Author:Kofi Annan
“In a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles... Contemporary or postmodernist art... will involve the necessary failure of art and the aesthetic, the failure of the new, the imprisonment in the past.” WorldArtPastLeftStyleInnovationContemporaryAestheticImprisonment Book:The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998 Source: The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998
“We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.” WorldLongEnoughProblemTermTechnologyInnovationProsperitySolveEntrepreneurshipLong TermChanging The World Author:Naveen Jain
“The pioneer labor historian John Commons was not wrong when he wrote around World War One that exploiting and deepening such tensions as outpacing scientific management among U.S. innovations where bossing was concerned. Amidst the general miseries of proletarianization, workers also learned that one source of meager benefits and protections could lie in claiming a white skin.” WorldWarLyingWhiteSourceBenefitsConcernedLaborSkinsInnovationManagementMiseryWorkersProtectionWar Of The WorldsTensionHistorianPioneersWorld War OneWhite Skin Author:David Roediger
“Things don't have to change the world to be important.” WorldInspirationalImportantWisdomInspirationChangeInnovationChanging The WorldLife LessonMaking ChangesDon't ChangeBest JobImportant JobsDifferent JobsInspiring ChangeCrazy Inspirational Author:Steve Jobs
“When you jump on a city bus or roam the streets off the major thoroughfares you'll quickly learn that we have as many differences as similarities. And therein lie the greatest opportunities for innovation - our different ways of viewing the world and coming up with solutions!” WorldWayDifferentLyingOpportunityDifferencesCitiesStreetsMajorsSolutionsInnovationDifferent WaysBusSimilarityCity Bus Author:David Livermore
“We have to build movements in the face of trade retaliation on the basis of people's democratic rights, on the basis of an ancient heritage of collective innovation. We work from the grassroots all the way to the national government and the World Trade Organization. It basically means being very multidimensional in our campaigns. And that is where part of the fun is. It involves both resistance and creativity. It involves constructive action, while at the same time saying "no."” PeopleWorldWayMeanGovernmentActionFacesFunCreativityRightsMovementOrganizationBasesInnovationTradeDemocraticAncientCampaignsResistanceCollectivesHeritageConstructiveSaying NoWorld TradeGrassrootsRetaliationDemocratic RightsWorld Trade Organization Author:Vandana Shiva
“Wherever I am in the world I want to be creating new projects and innovations, which are exciting and make a difference to communities.” WorldWantCommunityDifferencesProjectsCreatingExcitingInnovationMaking A DifferenceNew Projects Author:David Batstone
“We're just trying to end illegitimate government support for a single technology, which is un-American. We should be leading the world in the next generation of technological innovation. But we can't unleash private capital because of what the government is doing to stifle innovation and to choke competition.” WorldShouldTryingEndsGovernmentNextTechnologySupportGenerationsInnovationCompetitionTechnologicalNext GenerationChoke Author:Van Jones
“All in all, the internet is a force for good, providing young entrepreneurs with access to an incredible wealth of information, has changed the way we see the world and is also a great source of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.” WorldWayYoungOpportunityForceWealthInformationChangedSourceInternetInnovationEntrepreneurIncrediblesAccessProvidingEntrepreneurialYoung Entrepreneurs Author:Richard Branson
“Sustaining innovation is the lifeblood of any enterprise. It is the time when we capitalize upon, and recover from, all the disruptive change prior. Most of the operating profits in the world come from sustaining innovation. Much of the market capitalization gains, on the other hand, come from disruptive innovations.” WorldHandsGainsInnovationProfitEnterpriseSustainingDisruptiveDisruptive InnovationCapitalization Author:Geoffrey Moore
“It will not be good enough simply to depend on one or two markets, we will need to embrace innovation, decide what we do well, and target those sectors in which, with investment and planning, we could make the whole world our client for keeps.” WorldNeedsWellsTwoEnoughWholeDependsInnovationEmbraceInvestmentBe GoodPlanningWhole WorldTargetGood EnoughClients Author:Chris Alexander
“Business today is all about improvisation, which is the essence of jazz. Perhaps in the past we could just follow the operating manual and do what we were told, but today the world is too complex and fast. Today it's all about real-time innovation and creativity. Individuals may get hired based on their resumes, but they'll get promoted and reach their dreams based on their ability to create. In that context, being a jazz musician was the best MBA I could have ever received.” WorldDreamTodayPastIndividualAbilityCreativityMusicianInnovationJazzJazz MusicImprovisationJazz Musician Author:Josh Linkner
“In 2008 we suffered an economic catastrophe, and the rules of the game fundamentally changed forever. A few years ago, you might hear a leader talking about doing things "the way we've always done it." No more. Today, nearly every industry is in the midst of massive upheaval. Today, we live in a world of dizzying speed, exponential complexity, and ruthless competition. Leaders today realize they need to innovate, and their chief concerns now focus on fostering creative and innovation within their organizations.” WorldDoneTodayRealizingLeaderForeverCreativeFocusEconomicChangedConcernInnovationCompetitionSpeedComplexityCatastrophe Author:Josh Linkner
“In the business world, there are systems and processes for just about everything else. Yet creativity and innovation, arguably THE most important aspects of progress, are often left to happen by chance. The system provides a scaffolding for creative support and exploration, yet is open enough to avoid curbing creativity or outputting cookie-cutter solutions.” WorldImportantEnoughChanceCreativitySupportCreativeProgressSolutionsInnovationExplorationScaffolding Author:Josh Linkner
“I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness of winning.” WorldHateWinningConsciousnessI HateInnovationCompeting Author:Hamdi Ulukaya
“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
“The United States is the nation of innovation. And we have the best innovators, really, in the world. Our international property is one of our huge national economic assets. Yes, so to the extent that some are seeking to infiltrate our network, steal that information, not to have invest in the research and development that goes into innovation, that's a really big deal.” WorldEconomicInnovationPropertyStealing Author:Janet Napolitano
“Really bad people around the world, because of the genius of American innovation, use our products and infrastructure for their emails, for their communications.” PeopleWorldCommunicationGeniusInnovationBad People Author:James Comey
“If we can successfully lift the stranglehold of bureaucracy and old ways of thinking, we can see some real innovation in biodiversity conservation in Egypt as has occurred elsewhere in the world. It's the government's call. If they continue to put people in high-level positions that have no knowledge, experience or even interest in environment, Egypt will not advance. The country has very good national experts so why not use them?” PeopleThinkingWorldRealCountryInterestEnvironmentInnovationVery GoodElsewhereConservationBureaucracyBiodiversity Author:Mindy Baha El Din
“"Hypercoherence" is one of the most dangerous threats to the long-term survival of our civilization. Hypercoherence is the close efficient linkage of all parts of the world economic, communication and transport systems. It has been crucial in the spread of great innovations, the rise of world wealth, and even the dissemination of democratic concepts and ethical values and the defeat of oppressive regimes.” WorldValuesWealthEconomicDangerousCommunicationSurvivalInnovationThreatDemocraticDefeatSpreadEthicalTransport Author:Arthur Demarest
“Innovation got hip. It got cool. I prefer the people who investigate the world out a brute sense of curiosity, a fundamental sense of play.” PeopleWorldInnovationCuriosity Author:Grant David McCracken
“The world of the consumer, the sheer innovation and dynamism of our culture has never been easy for marketing to keep up with, but now these are suddenly faster and much more powerful. We need a new idea and practice of marketing and of the brand.” WorldCultureEasyPowerfulInnovationMarketing Author:Grant David McCracken
“Time is a function of impact. The longer a book of mine has been in print, the greater its impact seems to be as people absorb and digest my ideas. I am especially proud of The Change Master: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the American Corporation, first published in 1983, because it raised questions and addressed issues at a time when so many great changes were occurring in our society, indeed throughout the world.” PeopleWorldBookProudInnovationEntrepreneurshipPrint Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“In general, the questions that are on our mind are the same questions that have been driving our work over the past decade. How do we bring order to this messy, unpredictable world of innovation? How can we dramatically improve the chances of creating a successful new-growth business? How can we do this again and again? More specifically, it has become very clear that the fundamental paradigms of market segmentation and branding are badly broken - and we're working on developing more useful theories for these dimensions of innovation.” WorldMindPastChanceSuccessfulBrokenInnovationDrivingBrandingUnpredictableMessyParadigmOver The Past Author:Clayton Christensen
“Bible Gateway has created a way to make the Word of God accessible and reflective of the technological world we live in. Bible Gateway has proven that embracing innovation can bring people closer to God. I've used unconventional ways to bridge the gap between the secular and the spiritual worlds in my own career, so I admire Bible Gateway's bold, brilliant, and effective way of contributing to the spiritual journeys of many people around the world.” PeopleWorldSpiritualJourneyInnovationBrilliantAdmireWord Of GodSecularTechnologicalSpiritual Journey Author:DeVon Franklin
“The innovations are far more important because the technology itself has now way to impact the world for good until it's embedded in the business model. Innovation it's the combination of the simplifying technology and the business model.” WorldImportantTechnologyInnovationEmbedded Author:Clayton Christensen
“Generally, the technology that enables disruption is developed in the companies that are the practitioners of the original technology. That's where the understanding of the technology first comes together. They usually can't commercialize the technology because they have to couple it with the business model innovation, and because they tend to try to take all of their technologies to market through their original business model, somebody else just picks up the technology and changes the world through the business model innovation.” WorldTryingTogetherUnderstandingTechnologyCoupleInnovationChanging The World Author:Clayton Christensen
“I recall a conversation with the CEO of large electrical equipment MNC in which he began by asking me to guess how many innovation centres his firm had around the world. My guess was nowhere near the 160 that turned out to be the answer. Not surprisingly this CEO recognized that his firm's ability to innovate was being hampered by the huge size of their footprint which brought few benefits as it was inefficient, there was duplication across sites and competition between them. In this and most other cases, the costs of the expanded footprint outweigh the benefits.” WorldAbilityInnovationCompetitionFirmCeoElectricalFootprint Author:Yves Doz
“Getting global innovation projects right is really important as they create competitive advantage two ways. When the knowledge for an innovation is from different sites around the world, it's very much more difficult for competitors to copy these innovation - they'd have to access the same knowledge from the same places. Secondly, costs and time to market can be significantly reduced leading to first mover advantage through parallel development in global projects.” WorldImportantDifferentDifficultInnovation Author:Yves Doz
“So many dictators trying to blackmail the free world because they have no way to compete on ideas, innovation or creativity. The Cold War was two competing visions of the future. I was always anti-communist but it was an idea at least, an alternative idea. We do not have a competing vision for the future because the ideals of these dictators are in the past. They are time travellers. They need confrontation and destruction to survive. The problem is, many people in the free world are sympathetic to Vladimir Putin.” PeopleWorldTryingWarProblemPastVisionCreativityColdDestructionInnovationTime TravelDictatorCold WarCompetingSympatheticConfrontationTraveller Author:Garry Kasparov
“Ronald Reagan was a traditionalist - who purposefully, effectively unleashed innovation and change in himself, in the nation, and in the world. He was a "great communicator" who achieved memorable intimacy with the people everywhere - yet he was often disengaged from his own family.” PeopleWorldInnovationIntimacyMemorable Author:James M Strock
“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” WorldLifeInspirationalBigsMotivationalActionChangeBeatsInnovationInnovativeChange ManagementInnovatorsBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessBusiness ChangeCatalyst For Change Author:Rupert Murdoch
“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
“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.” WorldInspirationalBusinessCreativityCreativeModernInnovationOriginalsManagementSellsEntrepreneurManageEntrepreneurshipUselessThinkerModern WorldEntrepreneurialCreativity And InnovationBusiness InnovationBusiness WorldInnovation And BusinessBest BusinessCreative ThoughtEntrepreneur MotivationalBusiness EthicsGreat AdvertisingInnovation InspirationYoung EntrepreneursInspirational And InnovationCreativity In BusinessManaging PeopleCreativity And BusinessInspiration And InnovationCreative BusinessModern BusinessUseless Stuff Book:Confessions of an advertising man Source: Confessions of an advertising man
“Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.” WorldWayFirstsBelieveMaySaidCareJobsThreeEnergyPresidentNumbersTechnologyIssuesEconomicCreationThirdsInnovationCleanClimateReformHealth CareClassroomInitiativeInnovativeRemarksPillarsNew TechnologyClean EnergyJob CreationHealth Care Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi
“People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.” PeopleWorldSelfInterestActingDiscoveryInnovationProsperityFuelSelf Interest Author:John Stossel
“Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.” WorldKidsCreativityCreativeInnovationImpactZeitgeist Author:Meryl Streep
“The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.” WorldCountryStatesCitiesTechnologyInnovationRegionsValleysLocksRivalsSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Fred Wilson
“As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world.” WorldUseInternetMembersInnovationCongressCustomersAround The WorldPostsOnlineSmall BusinessConstituentsOregon Author:Ron Wyden
“British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.” WorldArtClassCreativeDesignInnovationBritishEngineeringManufacturingCreative ArtWorld Class Author:Margaret Heffernan
“All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban farming and waste reduction to restorative justice and zero-carbon housing. But most of these are growing despite, not because of, help from governments.” WorldHelpingProblemGovernmentTodaySocialJusticeGrowingWasteFairsInnovationTradeDistanceDespiteZeroUrbanCarbonHousingFarmingReductionTacklingHospiceFair TradeSociety TodaySocial InnovationRestorative Justice Author:Geoff Mulgan
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” MenWorldLifeMotivationalSuccessPoliticalCultureChangeFreedomInspiringBusinessCreativityProgressDependsProjectsInnovationManagementMy FavoriteOperationsReasonableLive ByConformityFavouritePersistConformProgressionUnreasonableRational ThinkingGreat SuccessChange ManagementProject ManagementNonconformityAdaptingCreativity And InnovationSocial ProgressBusiness InnovationBusiness GrowthInnovation And BusinessLife And TimeDefinition Of SuccessTime For A ChangeGoliathLive Your Life To The FullestChange And GrowthAccepting ChangeReason To LiveCreating ChangeMan And SupermanReasonable ManInspirational And InnovationInnovation And LeadershipManaging ChangeConformity And IndividualityAbility To AdaptMind ChangingAdapting To ChangeStrategic ManagementChange GrowthQuality ManagementLive Love LifeProgress And ChangeProgress In ScienceFuture Progress Author:George Bernard Shaw