The big thoughts of this week...
The theme...
“Tackling climate change is not a matter of choice. It is an imperative that must be addressed if we are to ensure the continued survival of life on our planet.” Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki
New thinking required...
"We need mutual understanding among different beliefs and civilizations more than any time in history." - Receptayyip Erdogan Prime Minister of Turkey, after a meeting with the Pope.
Critical creativity...
“We will have to get very creative about how to deal with dry deserts because when the mountaintop ice melts, the glaciers, they don’t feed the rivers any more.” - Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (USA, Greece). Biologist, Futurist, Author.
The full text of the famous last two sentences...
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Goethe
!!!...
“We can no longer have governments which will go and fight wars for the sake of oil.” - Anuradha Mittal (India, USA), founder and director of The Oakland Institute
Can design help?...
"Design helps us to bridge the gap between the present and the future." —Gerard Kleisterlee, CEO, Philips
Everlasting values...?
"Our core values are individuality, strength, determination, and empowerment." - Seth Horowitz, CEO, Everlast
The Asset Test...
"Fifty percent of doing good work is actually having it made." - Paula Scher, partner, Pentagram
And Finally...
“What if all Chinese people want a car?”
“Tackling climate change is not a matter of choice. It is an imperative that must be addressed if we are to ensure the continued survival of life on our planet.” Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki
New thinking required...
"We need mutual understanding among different beliefs and civilizations more than any time in history." - Receptayyip Erdogan Prime Minister of Turkey, after a meeting with the Pope.
Critical creativity...
“We will have to get very creative about how to deal with dry deserts because when the mountaintop ice melts, the glaciers, they don’t feed the rivers any more.” - Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (USA, Greece). Biologist, Futurist, Author.
The full text of the famous last two sentences...
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” - Goethe
!!!...
“We can no longer have governments which will go and fight wars for the sake of oil.” - Anuradha Mittal (India, USA), founder and director of The Oakland Institute
Can design help?...
"Design helps us to bridge the gap between the present and the future." —Gerard Kleisterlee, CEO, Philips
Everlasting values...?
"Our core values are individuality, strength, determination, and empowerment." - Seth Horowitz, CEO, Everlast
The Asset Test...
"Fifty percent of doing good work is actually having it made." - Paula Scher, partner, Pentagram
And Finally...
“What if all Chinese people want a car?”
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