Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution (aka the "Shirky Principle") - Kevin Kelly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shirky
A recent study into adapting to climate change showed that it is no longer an issue for governments to resolve alone. The private sector needs to be more involved in making decisions too. Natural resource constraints, manufacturing or logistical interruptions, and financial or economic crises mean the private sector has to take action.
During the 2011 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, CNBC hosted a full-panel debate engaging business and political leaders in a televised discussion entitled 'The West Isn't Working', foreshadowing many of the economic problems that would hit the U..S and, in particular, Europe, during 2011.
We've progressed from a society of farmers to a society of factory workers to a society of knowledge workers. And now we're progressing yet again - to a society of creators and empathisers, pattern recognisers, and meaning makers - Daniel Pink, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html
We tend to know what skills and resources we are short of, but we tend to be ignorant of the skills which are in surplus and hence fail to make the best of our organisations - Anon
We don't want to be in the limelight for ourselves. We want our clients to be in the limelight; we want them to succeed - Rajat Gupta, Managing Director of McKinsey
We can't just talk about the lessons learned; a lesson is not learned until behaviour is changed - Anon
View organisations as development projects - evolving - Hubert St Onge (Entovation video)
Until recently, the abilities that led to success in school, work, and business were characteristic of the left hemisphere. They were the sorts of linear, logical, analytical talents measured by SATs and deployed by CPAs. Today, those capabilities are still necessary. But they're no longer sufficient. In a world upended by outsourcing, deluged with data, and choked with choices, the abilities that matter most are now closer in spirit to the specialties of the right hemisphere - artistry, empathy, seeing the big picture, and pursuing the transcendent - Daniel Pink, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html
Trying to assess the true importance and function of the internet now is like asking the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk if they were aware of the potential of American Airlines Advantage Miles - Brian Ferren, Imagineer, Walt Disney