We are living in a time of rapid growth of technology and innovation. 200 years ago, people probably didn't think that we could talk to humans without being in the same physical space. 50 years ago, we probably couldn't imagine using those same devices without a cord. 15 years ago, we probably had no idea that we would have an infinite amount of information in the palm of or hands with the same device. Telephones have come such a long way throughout recent history, but we wouldn't have the smartphones that we have today if it hadn't been for people with a thirst for innovation.
Thanks to people with this thirst, new technologies have allowed us to explore new training methods, ways to communicate with each other, and even travel to different planets in our galaxy.
To inspire you and your team to be creative and innovative, here are 11 quotes to ponder:
“Technological evolution is the result of our own desire to lead a better life.” – R. S. Amblee
R. S. Amblee, Author
“It’s not that we use technology, we LIVE technology.” – Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio, Director and Screenwriter
“Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defending force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option, but a necessity imposed on all human activity.” – Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul, Philosopher
“Technology shapes society and society shapes technology.” – Robert Winthrop White
Robert Winthrop White, Sculptor and Educator
“You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.” – Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” – Theodore Levitt
Theodore Levitt, Economist
“Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.” – Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell, Sociologist
“Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.” – Bill Gates
Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft
“Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.” – Dean Kamen
Dean Kamen, Engineer, Inventor, and Businessman
“If you look at history, innovation doesn’t just come from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.” – Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson, Author
“A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” – Antoine Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Writer, Poet, Aristocrat, Journalist, and Pioneering Aviator
ITI has welcomed new technology and innovation into our training methods and thus, ITI VR Crane Simulators were born. To learn more, click here.
To learn about how other leaders in the industrial industry are implementing new ideas for innovation, check out ITI’s LITES (Leadership in Industrial technology, Education, and Safety) Podcast.
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