The medical profession is - and knows itself to be - endemically conservative and conformist. Margaret Heffernan conformistconservativeendemically Change image and share on social
The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis. Margaret Heffernan basiscompanyemail Change image and share on social
I hate people walking down the street listening to the soundtrack of their lives which responds to them but not their setting. I hate the overspill of sound which metro and subway riders are oblivious to because they notice no one and nothing around them. Margaret Heffernan hatelistenlive share on social
A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes that, eventually, add up to insights. Margaret Heffernan addanomalycollect share on social
Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing. Margaret Heffernan britaincommercializefamous Change image and share on social
British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class. Margaret Heffernan artbritishclass Change image and share on social
The biggest catastrophes that we've witnessed rarely come from information that is secret or hidden. It comes from information that is freely available and out there, but that we are willfully blind to. Margaret Heffernan bigblindcatastrophe share on social
What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow. Margaret Heffernan businessgrowmake Change image and share on social
Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent no time hanging around the water cooler. Margaret Heffernan collaborationcoolhang Change image and share on social
The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior and senior, no more nerdy or obsessive than most hard workers. Margaret Heffernan extremistfemalehard share on social
