15 powerful quotes from tech & education’s brightest minds
Thought leaders share insights at Pluralsight LIVE 2018
Last week, more than 2,500 technologists gathered together in Salt Lake City, Utah for our annual user conference, Pluralsight LIVE. There, we were inspired and enlightened by visionary leaders in tech and education. Here’s a small sampling of some of the best things we heard.
“Why does collective impact matter? Because there is no single sector or org alone that can change systemic problems.”
— Leila Toplic, Head of Tech Task Force for No Lost Generation (NLG) initiative
“Education is the only thing that has transformed my inner being. It’s made me beautiful.”
— Ziauddin Yousafzai, UN Special Advisor on Global Education
“We need to educate children and invest in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We need to give quality education, resources and opportunities. We need to make sure the future generation is ready for the change we’re going to see.”
—Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
“Teachers are doing the most important job in the country and the world. If you are a teacher at a school that doesn’t provide computer science, you have the power to change that.”
—Aaron Skonnard, Pluralsight CEO
“Most nonprofits don’t use tech the way tech companies use tech. A tech-enabled nonprofit can have a global impact.”
—Hadi Partovi, Founder of Code.org
“When you first start out, create something to criticize. Share the ugly things.”
—Brendan Dawes, artist and designer
“If tech is going to be embedded in everything, it can’t distract us. It needs to help us attend to everything around us.”
—Jaime Teevan, Technical Advisor to Microsoft’s CEO
“People are the most important part of a digital revolution. Skills are the only thing that can keep you working at pace and driving in your transformation.”
—Karenann Terrell, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at GSK
“Don’t think of technology as abstract. Tech has a purpose. It creates society. How do we want to live moving forward?”
—Dr. Heike Laube, CLO at SAP
“The small details have a big impact.”
— Ben Galbraith, Senior Director of Product at Google
“Technology is a fantastic playground, but you can get lost as a company. Focus on actual problems you can solve. Focus on things that matter for your customers and where you expect to see value.”
—Cyril Perducat, EVP of IoT & Digital Offers at Schneider Electric
“Your future changes every day. You have to be an organization that learns every day.”
—Thomas Kurian, President of Product Development at Oracle
“The most significant obstacle to digital transformation is culture.”
—Cody Sanford, CIO at T-Mobile
“It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.”
— Judy Marshall, Head of Services and Technology Training at Dimension Data
“Sometimes the world as it stands isn’t ready to hold your big idea. But the real crime would be to shoot too low. You have to think SO BIG that it makes your stomach hurt.”
—Caitlin Kalinowski, Interim Head of Hardware at Oculus
Get more inspiring moments from Pluralsight LIVE 2018 here.
