“For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I hope that the human talent for self-destruction can be successfully controlled, or at least channelled into productive forms, but I doubt it. I think we are moving into extremely volatile and dangerous times, as modern electronic technologies give mankind almost unlimited powers to play with its own psychopathology as a game.” ThinkingGivingHumansChildrenSelfPlayMovingFormGamesTechnologyDoubtModernMankindTalentDangerousDestructionSakeMy ChildrenProductiveControlledUnlimitedGrandchildrenSelf DestructionChildren And GrandchildrenPsychopathologyUnlimited Power Author:J. G. Ballard
“Listen, involve, synergize at work. Then you will bury the old and create an entirely new winning culture which will unleash people's talents and create complementary teams where strengths are made productive and weakness are made irrelevant through the strengths of others.” PeopleMadeCultureWinningTeamTalentWeaknessProductiveIrrelevantComplementary Author:Stephen Covey
“We know when we use the full talents of our population we're more productive. And we know that when people really feel like they can have flexible lives, they're better employees.” PeopleKnowsFeelsUseTalentPopulationEmployeeProductiveFlexible Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“There's a tremendous loss of talent to businesses who cannot make room for their employees to attend to family responsibilities. It really amounts to corporate waste: They hire really talented women and then lose them because they can't find ways to keep them productive and content the minute they can't "lean in."” WayLosesLossRoomsResponsibilityMinutesTalentAmountWasteCorporateEmployeeProductiveFamily Responsibility Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting, instead of distracting the class? Why don't you use your comic talent for something more productive?" My maths teacher suggested I do comedy and I decided to have a go. I pursued it after that. I was about 17.” TryingWellsSaidUseSchoolActingClassComedyTeacherTalentDecidedMathComicProductivePursuedArrestedMath Teacher Author:John Leguizamo