Quotes of the Day: ESRI Senior Executive Seminar

"Geography is increasingly at the center of a wide range of intellectual concerns." - Larry Summers, President of Harvard Univeristy in remarks made at the opening of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, in a video clip presented by Dr. Peter Bol, director of the new center.

"GIS is a technology and also a way of thinking."- Dr. Peter Bol, Harvard.

"As someone new to government, when I look at an overview of the city, I can’t understand how anyone operated without it." - John Hickenlooper, Mayor of the city and county of Denver, USA, speaking about the use of GIS in his organization.

"The “wow” factor for the average underwriter was the ability to show information on a map." Graham Heale, Underwriting General of the Royal & SunAlliance Insurance company,  United Kingdom.

"When I started in 2000, it was important that OS went through change. I was fortunate to be a customer of OS and had written them nine complaint letters… (It was) necessary to articulate to the entire staff why we are doing it (going through organizational change). "It’s about getting that vision to everybody." - Vanessa Lawrence, Director General and CEO, Ordance Survey, United Kingdom speaking about cultural change in an organization.

"Harvard is finally catching up! They feel that geography is important. That they have not been doing something for a long time is significant." Roger Tomlinson referring to the new Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard, recently opened in March.