Michael Jones, the CTO of Google Earth, was one of the Key note speakers at the Swiss Innovation Forum which took place on October 17th in Basel. His keynote and the Keynotes from Heinrich von Pierer (Formed CEO of Siemens) and Mario Moretti Polegato (Founder & CEO of Geox) can be found on www.ch-innovation.ch/video.

I remember two statements from his talk that still make think today when I think about innovation:

Would you have learned to ride a bicycle if your parents didn’t allow you to fall?

Could you fail but still get promoted in your company?

How about your company? How many times could you fail but still get promoted? And if you want to get promoted would you dare to risk more (and maybe fail) or would it be better to become more risk-averse?

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