Innovation : (69)

" I started to think about what drives innovation and what its social significance might be. The next step was to think innovators are taking a leap into the unknown. That led me to the thought that it is also a source of fun and employee engagement. " - Edmund Phelps

" We are always looking ahead to anticipate what next, and our unique innovation architecture enables us to take an innovation-led approach to help our clients invent the future. " - Pierre Nanterme

" To gain the competitive edge, companies must master the ability to innovate. " - Hilary Mason

" I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can’t name you 20 people outside those we’ve already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation. " - David Baker

" Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search – and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices – even a lifestyle brand. " - Douglas Rushkoff

" I guess that’s just the life of an inventor: what people do with your ideas takes you totally by surprise. " - Stephanie Kwolek

" We created the ability for people to insert enterprise or personal data. " - David Rose

" I’m an inventor. " - Lady Gaga

" If I had known how hard it would be to do something new, particularly in the payments industry, I would never have started PayPal. That’s why nobody with long experience in banking had done it. You needed to be naive enough to think that new things could be done. " - Peter Thiel

" It’s really important that we have an ecosystem where small innovative entrepreneurs can develop new products and access consumers and have a chance to succeed. " - Julius Genachowski