Judith Martin Quotes

Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be video blogging and blogging, I would have said, 'No way.' And yet our 20-somethings in the company really pushed me to use that more.

Why fight technology at all? The audience is always going to tell you what they like best. And you, as a storyteller, as a communicator, are going to be required to adjust to that.

I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.

I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.

I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.

Technologies and specific vendors may come and go, but massive cultural transformations and new kinds of relationships? Those don't go away.

While technology is important, it's what we do with it that truly matters.

Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.

School districts in the US don't adopt technology very quickly.

A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them.

I sense that the sea of smart phones lit up at concerts is a temporary phenomenon. The integration of technology, sharing, and social into our physical world, on the other hand, well, that ain't going away.

Employers need to recognize that the world has changed and there are people who would like to help them provide solution in ways that are new, modern and that add value to companies.

I think IT projects are about supporting social systems - about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues.

I think we all realize the consumer has taken control, and they're not giving it back. So as every new technology comes forward, we have to figure out how to integrate it.

We're in an inflection point where it's cheaper to learn to read on a tablet computer than it is to learn to read on paper. And that being the case, it's only a matter of time before every 6-year-old kid has a tablet computer, and we know for a fact, 3- to 4-year-old kids are using tablets and iPads, and 75 and 80 year olds are using them.

People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance.

I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.

The IT organization can't drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because they're fundamental to how a company or an organization evolves.

I think that we're on a path that Apple was determined to be on since the '70s, which was to try and make technology relevant and personal.

The key thing is to invest in the future, and what that means is - when you're deploying technology or you're a technology business - is to make sure that you're keeping on the innovation cycle, where you're both creating and adopting the new business practices and the new techniques in order to drive your business the right way.

Where I stand, or where the people I work with stand, is the technology is inevitable, so it's about how do we steer it.

Technology remains a tool: you can have the best tool in the world, but if you have nothing to say, it will remain an empty experience.

We all live such digital lives, there is no reason why we should not import this into our company.

A lot of people forget that anything is accomplishable if you embrace technology.