Quotes+for+Opening+Day+2010

We've moved from an ecomony built on people's //backs// to an economy built on people's //left brains// to what is emerging today: an economy and society built more and more on people's //right brains//.

Daniel Pink, __A Whole New Mind__, p.50.

The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skpetics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive -- and autonomy can be the antidote.

Tom Kelley, General Manager, IDEQ (quoted in Pink's __Drive__, p.90)

Dialectical thinking, a variation on the Socratic dialogue, is one such means. It presumes that reality is dynamic rather than static, and therefore seeks relationships between ideas, to aim at synthesis. You might find it useful to think of reflection and performance as two horns, with synthesis balanced between them.

Warren Bennis, __On Becoming a Leader__, p.131.