“Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering.” WorldLeaderTechnologyResearchInvestmentScience And TechnologyStaggeringScience Research Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“Technology will make available to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised.....techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm.” NeedsForceNationsSecretLeaderTechnologySecurityProducePeriodsMajorsAvailableStormTechniqueWeatherWarfareMinimumEmployedDroughtConductingModificationSecurity Forces Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“The Internet rewards scale; by trading higher up-front costs for lower marginal cost, market leaders can invest in better technology and service. As a result, there is nothing online that is both great in quality and small in scale. Amazon wasn't originally a better bookstore than the small shops we mourn, but it is now.” ResultsQualityLeaderTechnologyFrontsInternetHigherCostRewardsScalesShopsOnlineTradingMournAmazonBookstoresMarket Leaders Author:John Katzman
“Economic growth and environmental preservation are two sides of the same coin. There's no better illustration of that point than the California Clean Tech Open, which challenges California entrepreneurs to bring new, clean technologies to market. I encourage business leaders, policy makers, and environmental advocates to support this innovative, exciting competition.” TwoSidesGrowthChallengesLeaderTechnologySupportEconomicPolicyExcitingEntrepreneurCompetitionCleanEnvironmentalCaliforniaMakersPreservationCoinsInnovativeEconomic GrowthTwo SidesCleanlinessIllustrationBusiness LeadersPolicy Makers Author:Terry Tamminen
“Sony is a clear leader in the digital camera and camcorder categories. As Sony continues to develop next-generation video and still image capture technologies, the demand for high speed, large capacity, small form factor memory cards will grow as well.” WellsStillsFormNextGrowsMemoriesLeaderTechnologyClearGenerationsDemandCapacityCamerasSpeedVideoFactorsCardsDigitalCategoriesCaptureNext GenerationHigh SpeedSonyDigital Cameras Author:Bill Vaughan
“Whether or not [the company] maximizes resources, that's the job of the leader. How do I get greater results using less resources? That requires an enormous psychology when the economy is changing, the technology is changing, and the competition is worldwide.” JobsResultsCompanyLeaderTechnologyEconomyPsychologyGreaterResourcesCompetitionEnormous Author:Tony Robbins
“Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.” WorldUseEnergyGrowthWealthLeaderTechnologyShareCreatingModelsJapanSustainabilityEfficiencyInnovativeExpertiseEnergy Efficiency Author:Yoshihiko Noda
“The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports performance; always trying to push that further and further and get the best technology they can. That takes time and has rigorous testing, it's very laborious, but it's also very rewarding. You get to work with fantastic athletes, and that's a fantastic thing that has nothing to do with my day job in ready-to-wear.” TryingRealJobsSportsChallengesLeaderTechnologyReadyPerformancesAthleteFantasticTake TimeTestingAlways TryingDay JobsAdidasBest Technology Author:Stella McCartney
“One could imagine such technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand.” HumansLeaderTechnologyImagineWeaponsFinancialDevelopingInventingResearchersFinancial Markets Author:Stephen Hawking
“There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. Nobody came close to us. And our education system, in science, technology, engineering and math, was at the top of the world. It's no longer there. We're descending rather rapidly.” WorldSpaceLeaderTechnologyDoubtProgramMathNo DoubtEngineeringApolloEducation SystemDescendingTop Of The WorldScience Technology Author:Buzz Aldrin