Health innovation, enabled by digital technologies to build big consumer service brands, is an incredibly interesting, complex problem to work on. – John Sculley
Politicians know that structural reforms – to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change – are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain. – Raghuram Rajan
Most people have a very strong sense of organizational ownership, but I think what people have to own is an innovation agenda, and everything is shared in terms of the implementation. – Satya Nadella
In the same way that you’re driven in your business to keep innovating – Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation – think about doing that in philanthropy. – Pierre Omidyar
We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources – we don’t have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do – but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East. – Queen Rania of Jordan
The mobile-first, cloud-first is a very rich canvas for innovation – it is not the device that is mobile, it is the person that is mobile. – Satya Nadella
Morality is often seen as an innovation, like agriculture and writing. From this perspective, babies are pint-sized psychopaths, self-interested beings who need to be taught moral notions such as the wrongness of harming another person. – Paul Bloom
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics. – Robin S. Sharma
The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter. – Ron Conway
By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in. – Ron Conway
I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They’re hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since. – Robert Metcalfe
While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode due process under the law, and weaken the protection of political and civil rights on the Internet. – Rebecca MacKinnon
Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone’s imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don’t have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it’s impossible to do what they imagine. – Ron Johnson
In an era of unprecedented medical innovation, we have to do more to ensure that patients facing terminal illnesses have access to potentially life-saving treatments. – Ron Johnson
The speed at which technology evolves affects everyone; we repeatedly hear that constant innovation is overwhelming for consumers, who struggle to keep pace. – Ross Levinsohn
We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader. – Rick Larsen
Highly skilled immigrants are critical to innovation and are important contributors to economic growth in the United States. – Paul E. Jacobs
Biohackers want to tinker; do fun science; and, in the process, accelerate the pace of biotech innovation. – Ryan Bethencourt
Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress. – Peter Senge
The world needs a better understanding of how to encourage innovation. And innovators need to get better at it. Sign me up. – Robert Metcalfe
On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better. – Reed Hastings
Tech companies have a finite lifespan: For the successful ones, an IPO or exit is never more than a few years off. But by recruiting locally and developing homegrown talent, companies can build something that remains after they’re gone. People, skills and a culture of innovation persist. – Ryan Holmes
The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don’t react to it decades later. You can’t fight innovation. – Ryan Kavanaugh
I am sure innovation will blossom around the world, given that the Internet and mobile platforms enable innovators anywhere in the world to reach a global market with ease. – Roelof Botha
We should have lifelong monitoring of our vital signs that predict things like skin or pancreatic cancer so we can eradicate it. We should have personalized medicine; there’s a huge amount of innovation possible. – Sebastian Thrun
Taking bold action on climate change simply makes good business sense. It’s also the right thing to do for people and the planet. Setting a net-zero GHG emissions target by 2050 will drive innovation, grow jobs, build prosperity, and secure a better world for what will soon be 9 billion people. – Richard Branson
South Florida’s international connections mean there’s a different kind of innovation here. We’re able to intersect with a lot of brilliant people who are not associated with Silicon Valley. – Rony Abovitz
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America. – Phil Gramm