Pat Mitchell

TED Women isn't championing a cause; it's surfacing and sharing some of the most important ideas of our time. Our focus is on women as change agents, innovators and idea champions, and I think people will be both inspired and surprised by the program. We're exploring some fascinating territory!

American Businesswoman

Eric Schmidt

The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not. They don't just listen to what people tell them; they actually invent something new, something that you didn't know you needed, but the moment you see it, you say, 'I must have it.

American Businessman

Dr. Dre

I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?

American Musician

Yusuf Hamied

I believe that life-saving, essential drugs should be freely available and the innovator should be paid a suitable royalty payment for his invention.

Indian Scientist

Nolan Bushnell

I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.

Geoff Mulgan

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

English Educator

Krzysztof Penderecki

Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony.

Polish Composer

Gary Hamel

It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.

Sudha Murty

All innovators face challenges and seldom enjoy family support.

Indian Educator

Ana Patricia Botin

We can support innovators and entrepreneurs.

Spanish Businesswoman

Innovators often create things that did not exist before, changing how we live or work.

New Creations

Being an innovator usually has a positive connotation, suggesting improvement and progress.

Positive Change

Innovators not only invent but also successfully apply their ideas, making them practical.

Beyond Invention

 thing to kick into gear you could think of them as three dials and a giant wheel you turn up the dials the wheel starts to turn and the first thing you need is a crowd a group of people who share a common interest the bigger the crowd the more potential innovators there are that's important but actually most

Chris Anderson: How...

 until someone else has tried it first. And these guys, the innovators and the early adopters, they're comfortable making those gut decisions. They're more comfortable making those intuitive decisions that are driven by what they believe about the world and not just what product is available.

How great leaders...

 An energy breakthrough is the most important thing. It would have been, even without the environmental constraint, but the environmental constraint just makes it so much greater. In the nuclear space, there are other innovators. You know, we don't know their work as well as we know this one,

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 with geolocation so accurate that you could pinpoint the wrinkles in the palm of your hand. But you and I and other innovators, we can see the potential in this next leap in accuracy. Imagine, for example, an augmented reality app that overlays a virtual world to millimeter-level precision

Todd Humphreys: How to...

 of maternal deaths in the developed world and are the only industrialized country with the rising maternal mortality ratio we think of ourselves as innovators and leaders in a lot of things in this country but what the statistics behind the stories are

Caring for maternal...

 which you may have seen on stage yesterday. And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs. So at the time, it was my opportunity to put a call out to innovators outside the traditional medical prosthetic community

It's not fair having 12...

 a group of people who share a common interest. The bigger the crowd, the more potential innovators there are. That's important, but actually most people in the crowd occupy these other roles. They're creating the ecosystem

 but we can’t discount their influence on this basis. Freud was an innovator linking ideas across many fields. His concepts have become everyday terms that shape how we understand and talk about our own experiences.

History vs. Sigmund...

 from what we've seen they're up there with the top innovators in the animal kingdom it's this intelligence often misread as calculated and cunning that gives these animals an edge in the wild

Are Honey Badgers...

 I think is the fast in this world this circular economy philosophy is beginning to get traction here innovators have been able to produce beautiful reusable