All Margaret Heffernan Quotes
- Big data will never give you big ideas... Big data doesn't facilitate big leaps of the imagination. It will never conjure up a PC revolution… Aim
- A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers. Chambers
- I don't think you ever know anyone until you see them in action. Action
- [For constructive conflict,] we have to resist the neurobiological drive which means that we really prefer people mostly like ourselves. Conflict
- The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it. Courage
- You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge. Acknowledge
- As long as it (an issue) remains invisible, it is guaranteed to remain insoluble. Guaranteed
- When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people. Care
- Silence is the language of inertia. Inertia
- We know - intellectually - that confronting an issue is the only way to resolve it. But any resolution will disrupt the status quo. Given… Any
- Openness isn't the end; it's the beginning. Beginning
- When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change. Achieve
- We have to see conflict as thinking and then get really good at it. Conflict
- A thinking partner who isn't an echo chamber... How many of us dare to have such collaborators? Chamber
- Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems. Bad
- If you have never failed at anything, then you haven't been trying hard enough, aren't very imaginative, or have had such extraordinarily good luck that… Been
- Certainty is no guarantor of correctness. Certainty
- As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human… Appreciated
- British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class. Art
- For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate. Argument
- It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting. Fate
- I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice.… Basic
- Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and… Abusive
- Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing. Britain
- Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it. Achieved