“This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs.” SocialCompanyEnvironmentWasteProgramDollarsSpendingHarmWelfareWealthyTaxpayersReductionMockery Author:Ralph Nader
“If I could get one message to you it would be this: the future of this country and the welfare of the free world depends upon our success in space. There is no room in this country for any but a fully cooperative, urgently motivated all-out effort toward space leadership. No one person, no one company, no one government agency, has a monopoly on the competence, the missions, or the requirements for the space program.” IfsWorldPersonsCountryGovernmentWould BeSpaceRoomsEffortCompanyDependsMessagesProgramMissionsWelfareAgencyIf I CouldMotivatedRequirementsMonopolyCompetenceCooperativesFree WorldSpace ProgramGovernment Agencies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I believe that space travel will one day become as common as airline travel is today. I'm convinced, however, that the true future of space travel does not lie with government agencies -- NASA is still obsessed with the idea that the primary purpose of the space program is science -- but real progress will come from private companies competing to provide the ultimate adventure ride, and NASA will receive the trickle-down benefits.” BelieveDoeStillsIdeasRealGovernmentTodayLyingPurposeI BelieveSpaceCommonCompanyProgressAdventureOne DayBenefitsProgramUltimateConvincedPrimariesObsessedAgencyCompetingAirlineNasaSpace TravelSpace ProgramTrickle DownGovernment Agencies Book:Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon Source: Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
“Meanwhile, what about the workers in those state monopolies that are being put up for sale? I am reminded of a technique for employee ownership that has worked well for many U.S. companies. It goes by various names, but the best known is "Employee Stock Ownership Program," or ESOP.” WellsStatesWisdomPoliticsNamesCompanyKnownEconomyProgramWorkersVariousTechniqueLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipMonopolyEsops Author:Ronald Reagan
“One of the wonderful things about the computer is that it allows us to sit at home and either write a book or a computer program. Then we can send that program or book to companies that specialize in reproducing them and distributing them.” WritingBookHomeScienceCompanyWonderfulComputerProgramWonderful ThingsComputer ScienceReproducing Author:Frederick Lenz
“The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA examining the phone records of ordinary Americans. Rather, it consolidates these records into a database that the government can query if it has a specific lead - phone records that the companies already retain for business purposes.” IfsDoeGovernmentDesirePurposeCompanyRecordsGrewOrdinaryProgramPhonesAddressesGapsNsaExaminingDatabasesQueries Author:Barack Obama
“In going directly to Investment Heaven, you build your portfolio as you would build a wonderful company through a merger and acquisition program. You specify the way you want your portfolio to look, and then you assemble the profile piece by piece by bringing together companies that make their own individual contributions to the desired character.” WayWantLooksCharacterTogetherIndividualHeavenCompanyPiecesWonderfulProgramInvestmentContributionAcquisitionProfilePortfoliosMergersMergers And Acquisitions Author:Robert Haugen
“Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn't a program it has to be a way of life.” WayTryingKindDifferentSocialCompanyBalanceConscienceProgramDifferent KindsBenevolenceStarbucks Author:Howard Schultz
“We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self.” TryingSelfTogetherSocialCompanyProgramEnvironmental Author:Bob Walker
“I think Google's founders are both a couple of guys with some high ideals which have been to some degree reflected in the way the company has been run in terms of its having a very good workplace and good employee programs, and now that they're going public they want in some ways to be able to ensure that that kind of approach continues. So they've effectively put in place this notion of "Don't Be Evil".” ThinkingWayWantKindHas BeensRunningAbleGuyEvilTermBusinessCompanyCoupleDegreesApproachIdealsProgramNotionVery GoodEmployeeFoundersGoogleGood WorkWorkplace Author:Joel Bakan
“We've already seen shifts happening in some of the big companies - Google, Apple - that now understand how vulnerable their customer data is, and that if it's vulnerable, then their business is, too, and so you see a beefing up of encryption technologies. At the same time, no programs have been dismantled at the governmental level, despite international pressure.” IfsHas BeensBigsLevelsCompanyTechnologyHappeningsProgramPressureInternationalCustomersDespiteVulnerableDataApplesGoogleBig CompaniesEncryption Author:Laura Poitras
“When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their two companies get $150 million at the end of the campaign for the 'fantastic' get-out-the-vote program... some of this borders on RICO violations.” TwoEndsPoliticalCompanyMillionsRepublicanDirectorsProgramVoteCampaignsChiefsFantasticBordersStaffCommitteesRomneyViolationRicoChief Of Staff Author:Patrick Caddell
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“Yandex originated from a company called Arkadia, which created two search programs under the DOS operating system in 1990.” TwoCompanyProgramOperating Systems Author:Arkady Volozh
“While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible. Once a company that produces a certain product goes out of business, it has no simple way to uncover how its product encoded data. The code is thus lost, and the software is inaccessible. Knowledge has been destroyed.” WayHas BeensStillsUsedCertainLostSimpleCompanyCreativeCenturyProduceProductsProgramDestroyedDataCodeSoftwareCreative WorkInaccessibleSimple Ways Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Our findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the next buzzword of the day, or a new 'program' to introduce. No! The only way to make any company visionary is through a long-term commitment to an eternal process of building the organization to preserve the core and stimulate progress.” WayLongNextProcessTermCompanyProgressFashionBuildingFindingsEternalCommitmentProgramOrganizationManagementCoreStatementsPreservesLong TermStringsIntroducingVisionariesFadsQuick FixesFashion Statement Author:James C. Collins
“The capitalist has this over the politician and the clergyman; he has in practice done more to raise the standard of living of the poor than all the government and church programs in history....Monsanto and the Archer Daniels Midland Company have fed more hungry people than all the...soup kitchens combined.” PeopleDoneGovernmentChurchPoorCompanyPracticePoliticianStandardsProgramRaisesHungryKitchenFedsCapitalistSoupStandards Of LivingClergymenArcherMonsantoSoup Kitchens Author:Dinesh D'Souza
“He that expects to quantify in dollars the gains that will accrue to a company year by year for a program for improvement of quality expounded in [Out of the Crisis] will suffer delusion. He should know before he starts that he will be able to quantify only a trivial part of the gain.” KnowsShouldYearsAbleSufferingQualityCompanyGainsProgramCrisisDollarsImprovementDelusion Author:W. Edwards Deming
“Employees are given the chance to help shape their company by participating in a company-wide communications program making suggestions on waste reduction, environmental improvement, customer satisfaction, quality improvement, and safety issues.” HelpingGivenChanceQualityCompanyIssuesCommunicationShapesWasteProgramSafetyEnvironmentalSatisfactionCustomersWideImprovementEmployeeSuggestionsReductionParticipatingCustomer Satisfaction Author:Stephen Covey
“The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.” StatesIndividualUnitedCompanyUnited StatesSecurityProgramDefensePartnersIranAlliesSanctionsMissilesImposingVigilant Author:Barack Obama
“It ends a 40-year ban on exporting U.S. oil. It's changed - it's included in its cyber-security legislation - that says to private companies, hey, if you share with us your data on your cyber-attacks, your potential cyber-attacks, we'll give you liability protection. And they authorized a health care program for 9/11 responders for 75 years to cover the length of their lifespans.” IfsGivingYearsEndsCareCompanyShareSecurityChangedProgramProtectionOilHeyDataHealth CareLengthLegislationBansLiabilityCyberCyber SecurityExportingCyber Attacks Author:Susan Davis
“Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.” HelpingRunningCompanySituationCuttingBearsProudNeededPeriodsProgramReliefAssetsSteadfastTime PeriodsTarp Author:Jamie Dimon
“MBA programs are underwritten by large companies and they succeed at producing future employees of large companies. In that regard, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.” CompanySucceedProgramRegardSupposed To BeEmployeeMbaLarge CompaniesMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“Lately I feel being political is also about the company I keep and the ideas I put forward. When I do a curate a program or do a workshop, I want to make it intergenerational; I want to have women on the faculty and also among the students.” WantFeelsIdeasPoliticalCompanyStudentsProgramFacultyWorkshops Author:Vijay Iyer
“On healthcare we are the prisoner of our past. The way we got to develop any kind of medical insurance program was during World War II when companies facing shortages of workers began to offer healthcare benefits as an inducement for employment. So from the early 1940s healthcare was seen as a privilege connected to employment. And after the war when soldiers came back and went back into the market there was a lot of competition, because the economy was so heated up.” WorldWayKindWarPastCompanyEconomyOffersBenefitsProgramCompetitionWorkersSoldierPrivilegeConnectedMedicalEmploymentWar Of The WorldsPrisonerWorld War IiHealthcareWorld War IOur PastShortageMedical Insurance Author:Hillary Clinton
“I actually met one of my business partners [Neal Dodson] at the Governor's School summer program, so we've known each other since we were 15 and 16 years old, and we both ended up at Carnegie Mellon together. He started working for a producer out of school after a few years, and then we started the company together.” YearsSchoolTogetherCompanyKnownMetsSummerProgramPartnersProducersGovernorsCarnegieBusiness PartnersCarnegie Mellon Author:Zachary Quinto
“To make sure we aren't training people for jobs that don't exist, the government should provide companies with loans or loan guarantees. And the government should also directly employ people to do things like coastal restoration, land restoration, reforestation and similar programs that absorb carbon and protect America's beauty.” PeopleShouldGovernmentJobsAmericaCompanyLandProtectTrainingProgramGuaranteesCarbonLoanRestorationCoastal Author:Van Jones
“A permanent and sustainable solution to all the problems facing working people is possible by taking the biggest companies into democratic ownership, and reorganizing the economy on a democratically planned basis. Under such a system we could democratically decide how to allocate resources. We could rapidly transition away from fossil fuels, develop massive jobs programs to rebuild the country's rotting infrastructure, and begin to build a whole new world based on meeting the needs of the majority, not the profits of a few.” PeopleWorldNeedsCountryWholeProblemJobsCompanyEconomySolutionsResourcesProgramBasesMajorityDemocraticMeetingsProfitPermanentFuelMassiveTransitionNew WorldOwnershipFossilsInfrastructureFossil FuelRotting Author:Kshama Sawant
“I think that you could design a terrible logo for a good company with great people and they could build it into a great program. Alternatively you could design what seems to be a brilliant logo for people who are not smart or energetic or are incapable of associating with anything positive and it would become a terrible logo.” PeopleThinkingSeemsCompanyDesignTerribleSmartProgramBrilliantIncapableGreat PeopleEnergeticLogosGood Company Author:Michael Bierut
“I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.” DecisionCompanySmartProgramCharityFundUnfairGreedyMaking Decisions Author:John D. Rockefeller
“The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that. They know where all the bodies are buried. At the same time, they get far more campaign donations than anybody else from defense contractors, from intelligence corporations, from private military companies.” KnowsBodyActionCompanyMilitaryProgramCongressEightDefenseCampaignsCorporationsChairsBuriedGangDonationContractorCovert Author:Edward Snowden
“Embedded reputations - that's one of the most daunting dynamics that can happen. You start as a secretary, or assistant, and you have that plastered on your forehead. My advice is that you have to do something - change companies, get a degree, or go to a training program. Or ask to be on a very hard assignment or project that no one else wants. You can do it, but it doesn't happen without true exertion.” WantHardHappensAsksCan DoCompanyAdviceDegreesProjectsTrainingProgramReputationSecretaryYou Can Do ItForeheadsAssistantsAssignmentsEmbeddedExertionDynamicsTraining Programs Author:Suzy Welch
“Back in the late '90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called 'The Awful Truth' for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy's life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people?” PeopleIfsWholeTogetherGuyPayCompanyMinutesLateHumorousProgramBunchAwfulOrgansDevotedCablesInsurance CompaniesTransplantsBravoOrgan Transplant Author:Michael Moore
“A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people - three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? 'Let's send the monkey to Mars, Dad!'” PeopleTwoRunningThreeFatherSpaceCompanySonDadProgramDollarsBillionsMarsMonkeysCablesSpace ProgramColonizing Mars Author:Lewis Black
“In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.” ImportantSeemsCompanyCasesEconomyProgramUsersInterfacesUser Interface Author:Linus Torvalds
“Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But exactly whose competitiveness are we talking about? Not the competitiveness of, say, American-born computer engineers. Adjusted for inflation, their earnings haven't gone anywhere in years. That's in part because American companies have been sending so much of their high-tech work abroad. Bringing more foreign-born engineers here under an expanded H1-B visa program, or a point system for that matter, will just depress wages even further.” IfsNeedsYearsWellsHas BeensMatterBornCompanyTalkingGoneTalentHavensPolicyComputerProgramFundamentalsImmigrationEducatedEngineersDepressingEarningSupporterWagesInflationImportsCompetitivenessVisaWell EducatedImmigration Policy Author:Ronald Reagan
“Intelligent media companies strive to provide both intellectual and comedy programs, groundbreaking and reflective articles, art house and popular movies. Not to be open minded in providing a full range of quality media would be a failure to serve the breadth and depth of the communities we live in.” ArtWould BeHouseCommunityQualityCompanyComedyMediaDiversityIntellectualProgramIntelligentStriveDepthRangeArticlesProvidingOpen MindOpen MindedBreadthGroundbreakingPopular Movie Author:Lachlan Murdoch
“I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field” ThinkingShouldHurtLevelsCompanyCreativityFieldsProgramStudiosIt HurtsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Scott Bakula
“Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return of the Jedi credit and say, 'Oh, you were part of Star Wars.' I smile and say, 'Yes, but only for twenty-six and a half seconds.'” PeopleLooksWarActorsStarsHalfCompanyReturnSixProgramTwentiesTheaterCreditSecondsEnviousI Smile Author:Caroline Blakiston
“Most of the major consumer-goods companies roll out their marketing programs in the I-4 corridor. It reflects what America looks like.” LooksAmericaCompanyMajorsProgramMarketingConsumersGoodsCorridors Author:Bob Buckhorn