E. 40 - Aleksandr Kravchenko: United by an Idea

"What I'd like to do is leave a playbook, a set of three or four unimpeachable examples... of openings – portals into opportunities where the incentives of all the players are aligned and where the benefit was significant, unique, and inarguable." - Amanda Goltz

"I think as we continue to go on this journey, the more conviction I have about what we're doing." - Dr. Angela Lim 

"Try your best to drop ego early and be ready to have all of your preconceived notions and all of your ideas questioned constantly and be willing to listen to the questions to find which ones are worth keeping and worth throwing away." - Carolyn O'Hare

"I've always found that being reactive is so much harder than being proactive." - Don Cox

"I get more fulfillment in my everyday life when I can think about the art, the giving back, the human element of the work that allows me to show up my best..." - Latrice Barnett

"Even if you have significant failures, those are significant learning opportunities. They've contributed to the person that you are today." - Michael Ellison

“We are all truly inclusive, when we are all truly accepting, and when everyone really has access to equal opportunity.” - Dr. Demetria McNeal.

“Even in the most high-profile, high-powered companies, positions and titles, everyone is a human.” - Jennifer Kim

"Artificial intelligence, crypto… they're all technologies that I think that we can be investing in and cultivating for the betterment of humankind." - Michael Moreno

"Today, startups are disrupting in a way unbeknownst to them. We are disrupting what we were believing so hard, and what we are trying to keep so hard." - Peter Bae

“The challenge is that it's not just different tools that you need, but you need different kinds of leadership.” - Tiffany To

“Let the technology solve that problem so that people can do things that make their experiences more innovative.” - Neha Sampat

"When you bring in entrepreneurs, they tend to solve problems – really well." - Ashif Mawji

“You cannot find the customer, person, or body proposition without having the right broker team in the different markets.” - Noriya Tarutani

"Figure out what eclectic group of skills you have that can be combined to form something resembling a superpower and then double down on that on some level." - Corey Quinn

"There are going to be a lot more remote-only startups that are going to form with some of the best people all around the world." - Adam Odessky

"Organizations and individuals being more entrepreneurial will help us get to better solutions on climate change, climate justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and taking advantage of the wisdom of more voices." - Diana Joseph

"If you really want to think about innovation and technology, start by thinking about what it is that you want to bring into the world." - Brad Henrickson

"Look outside for a bunch of ideas as well as look inside and then put them together and see what happens." - Ian Bergman

“What it comes down to is helping to serve our clients better, reducing costs and delivering projects that create opportunities for people.” - Veronica Siranosian

"We need to transcend the traditional corporate structure - reduce the sometimes difficult journey to get collaboration in place." - Jacob LaPorte

"Government speak is different and government speak is not always interested in learning other languages.I think that fundamentally presents the challenge between government and the tech industry." - Tiffani Alvidrez

"Having an idea is easy. Getting it done is hard, understanding how to get it done even harder." - Andi Mann

"Innovators will see the problem and the solution, possibly a full generation ahead of the organization seeing it." - Mark Pesce

"In order to create change and really drive Innovation, you have to start with a start-up mindset and be able to move quickly." - Mayra Ceja

“Start with the client. You can start a business without a solution, but you cannot start a business without a client.” - Fernanda Bordin

"All you can do is behave the way you expect other people to behave and live your own values and hope that other people see that and are inspired by that." - Jez Humble

"Once we can identify the pain point for certain customers and we identify the large unmet needs in the market, then we believe there is high potential or high possibilities of business success." - Shige Ihara

"We always need to innovate in order to survive. I think it's a natural reaction to want to just hold on. But it kind of goes against what really needs to happen." - Kathy Chill

"No matter what you're selling, who you're selling to, or what you're making it for, you have to think about who the buyer is. What do they look like today? And what do they look like tomorrow?" - Laura Merling

"Follow your gut feelings and your intuition. Have a piece of passion and curiosity. With that I think you can drive tremendous results and very satisfying results both for yourself as well as for the companies, the clients, the customers, and the colleagues that you work with." - Jesper Frederiksen

"You want to keep them motivated, you want to keep them moving forward, but at the same time you want to make sure that they understand that there are lessons to be learned and they should listen. People get too close to what they're passionate about and sometimes ignore all the facts." - Alan Boehme

"When you have intellectual work, you're not always going to have good intellectual days. Sitting there and trying to make it happen is just burning out something that we don't have an endless capacity for. If you're not doing great work today, forget it, go for a walk." - Cindy Alvarez

"We will slowly uncover what is actually special about being people. I think that's our ability to love, it's our ability to create, our ability to connect with each other." - Sam Ramji

"There is purpose in all sorts of things that we do. If you can make someone's job easier, if you can help someone sleep better at night, or whatever it is. Reach out and have those conversations. Understand the context of the people that interact with those products and services." - Christi Zuber

"I think a big piece of working with enterprises is, everybody knows they need some type of Innovation. And a lot of them think that they are innovating when they're really not." - Corbett Gilliam

"Everybody has different needs in order to be successful. So trust your gut. If a door opens, give it a shot. Go ahead and take a look inside the door and see if there's something in there that you can learn from." - Louis Stewart

"It's important that you find those change agents. Because they exist. In every pocket, in every group. There's always those that aspire for a little bit more." - Jeanne Morain

"You can't believe everything you read, see, or hear at first glance. Just because we're pattern-matching animals doesn't mean that your conclusion is accurate. It just means you matched some pattern. That pattern may or may not be useful at all." - Mike Dolbec