Here are some of my favorite quotes from this weeks BIF-5 Colloaborative Innovation Summit:
“Most products today have no emotion. They just stare at you like a coyote with a blank stare. Ever have a mammogram? That’s a coyote experience.” Bob Schwartz, General Manager of Global Design, GE Healthcare
“ If you’re in business you’re in politics. you’re trying to get your customers to vote for you every day.” Alan Webber, author, journalist
“When and were are you when you have good ideas? Find out, writ it down, and then structure you life to be in those productive environments…Cognition is about place.” Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
“Products are the experience that they engender.” Bill Buxton
“Men die more from embarrassment than pathology.” Michael Samuelson, President and CEO, The Health & Wellness Institute, on how men typically deal with their health issues
“Were always speaking to every audience” Ethan Zuckerman, Founder, Global Voices, on social media communications
“Silicon Valley not the only place disruptive innovation can happen.” Jay Rogers, President, CEO & Co-Founder, Local Motors
“If we continue doing things the same way, we’ll continue getting the same results.” Helmut Traitler, Vice President of Innovation Partnerships, Nestlé
“The next revolution will be materials meets IT.” Neri Oxman, MaterialEcology.com
“At Hasbro disruption not just acceptable, it’s expected.” Gina Malone, Hasbro
“Let’s not ask people to make radical health behavior changes and instead tape into what they already like doing…healthcare is enabling people to do what they want to do.” Greg Matthews, Director of Consumer Innovation, Humana
“Falling off a cliff is a good thing. I highly recommend it…. Outputs matter, not the process or technology. Technology, like Twitter, is not delivering change in solving world conflicts.” Carne Ross, Founder and Director, Independent Diplomat
“Play is a way to understand and learn” Matt Geiger, Simulation Expert, Host, Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior