Quotes about "Cultural Intelligence"

Finding meaning in global mass phenomena can be difficult because the phenomena themselves are invisible, spread across the earth in millions of separate places. There is no Mount Everest of waste that we can make a pilgrimage to and behold the sobering aggregate of our discarded stuff, seeing and feeling it viscerally with our senses. ”

In Mexico, wrestling is part of the cultural fabric. The guys wear masks and they are real-life superheroes. ”

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field. ”

We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience... you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views. ”

The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while silently gazing out the window at Earth, that the actual legacy of humanity's attempts to step into space will be a better understanding of our current planet and how to take care of it. ”

In 2010, I was an executive officer in the Navy, splitting my time between U.S. headquarters and being deployed to an international location. ”

I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people. ”

There was this moment when we made 'Superunknown': the Seattle music scene had suddenly ended up on an international stage with huge success. ”

I felt very proud to be part of a music scene that was changing the face of commercial music and rock music internationally, but I also felt like it was necessary for Soundgarden - as it was for all of these Seattle bands - to prove that we deserve to be on an international stage, and we weren't just part of a fad that was based on geography. ”

I have played international football myself. ”