“Our nation needs the BRAC process. No institution can remain successful if it does not adapt to its constantly changing environment. Our armed forces must adapt to changing global threats, evolving technology and new strategies and structures.” IfsNeedsDoeForceNationsProcessTechnologySuccessfulEnvironmentInstitutionsStrategyStructureThreatEvolveAdaptabilityArmed ForcesChanging Environment Author:Anthony Principi
“It's good to go back and look at what other states are doing. For example, Mayo Clinics and the University of Minnesota had a collaborative grant program that we modeled our program after, so we went back to talk to them about the successes of their program. It's been very successful, the state is going back to fund it again, and it's resulted in a great deal of collaboration and specifically patented technology.” LooksStatesDealsTechnologySuccessfulExampleProgramUniversityFundGrantsCollaborationMinnesotaClinic Author:Brian Thompson
“One key ingredient to successful technology integration is not forgetting the autonomy and the fun.” FunForgetTechnologySuccessfulKeysIngredientsIntegrationAutonomy Book:Teaching the iStudent: A Quick Guide to Using Mobile Devices and Social Media in the K-12 Classroom Source: Teaching the iStudent: A Quick Guide to Using Mobile Devices and Social Media in the K-12 Classroom
“It's understandable that the music companies that are comprised of people that are successful by making good creative decisions - they have to decide which out of fifty artists is the next hot one, with no data to go from. It's an intuitive process, and that's what they do well when they're successful. They don't understand technology.” PeopleWellsArtistNextProcessDecisionCompanyTechnologyCreativeSuccessfulHotDataFiftyIntuitive Author:Steve Jobs
“Doing business is all about providing a good product or service to your customers. A good businessman is he who knows that what is successful today may not be so tomorrow. Technology changes so fast, and so do people's needs and wants. That's why it would do well for a businessman to know how to adapt to change. He must constantly reinvent the business, or it won't last.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsWellsMayTodayLastsTechnologyKnow HowSuccessfulProductsTomorrowCustomersProvidingBusinessmanGood BusinessNeeds And Wants Author:Andrew Tan
“The widespread inability to understand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and cultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect only those technologies that prove functional for a culture and can be integrated into everyday life are 'left over.' However, the perception of what is functional, successful and useful is itself the product of social and cultural--and last but not least--political and economic processes. Selection processes and abandoned products and product forms are usually not discussed.” FactsLastsFormPoliticalCultureLeftSocialProcessTechnologySuccessfulEconomicProductsProvePerceptionEverydayAbandonedEntityTechnologicalEveryday LifeSelectionInabilityIntegratedRetrospectArtifacts Author:Johannes Grenzfurthner
“Too many companies believe that all they must do is provide a 'neat' technology or some 'cool' product or, sometimes, just good, solid engineering. Nope. All of those are desirable (and solid engineering is a must), but there is much more to a successful product than that: understanding how the product is to be used, design, engineering, positioning, marketing, branding-all matter. It requires designing the Total User Experience.” BelieveSometimesMatterUsedUnderstandingCompanyTechnologySuccessfulDesignProductsMarketingUsersEngineeringBrandingDesirableNeatUser Experience Author:Donald A. Norman
“There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsPersonsTwoThreeCompanyTechnologySuccessfulDesignMetsRateDesignerValleysFoundersCeoThree ThingsStrategist Author:Keith Rabois