116 Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a cliche that makes us believe we must all be happy.

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 or any kind of paradigm shift. And while it might tell you what to aim for, it can't tell you how to get there

What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.

Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.

Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.

Openness isn't the end; it's the beginning.

When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.

We have to see conflict as thinking and then get really good at it.

Companies don't have ideas. Only people do.