Adaptive Solutions Quotes

Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.

All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different.

There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved.

Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it.

Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the solution you're coming up with fits.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

It is our task to provide policies suited to the different situations of today.

Throughout human history, some of our most influential inventors, entrepreneurs, and leaders have had disabilities. For example, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, and Charles Schwab are all dyslexic, while scientist Stephen Hawking has used a wheelchair for decades.

A government should not function based on the pressures of some or others. It should try to adapt a mix of measures that fits every context and generates the appropriate steps forward.

I think conditions on the ground determine what you need in a particular area.

A one-size-fits-all approach will not solve our complex border problems.

Everyone is trying to say, 'This is Gen Y; we're not an old company. We're not doing old content.'

I don't like talking about 'solutions.' I prefer talking about intelligent responses.

We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal with the variety and complexity of the threats that are out there today.

The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in the factual rather than theological sense) are conjoined concepts, and no better evidence can be produced than the "experimental" production of markedly different solutions in identical environments.

Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.