CISCO Summit Day 1 - Peter Gruetter
December 09, 2007 by Chris | permalink
Peter Gruetter - BORN TO BE CONNECTED
he started out with a brief resume of how Switzerland's mercenaries were one of the earliest european knowledge networks. a bit of a stretch. he talked about how the nation really did not fit into the standard industrial centralized model. they have always been required to adapt to the context around them. he led? the renovation of the federal finance system to give an equal position to the states and federal gov't. they also harmonized their IT infrastructure in the late 90's.
'only those who use their freedom will remain free'
he focused on innovation and put up the graphic which shoed the most innovative nations....sweden, switzerland, finland, denmark, japan, and germany are on the top. [i wonder why this is? all of them are in one way very socialistic and highly democratic]
[great image of the rings of a tree cut to talk about change and seasonal variation and complexity]
[http://www.gallup.com/poll/21811/American-Beliefs-Evolution-vs-Bibles-Explanation-Human-
Origins.aspx]
[http://www.publicopinionpros.com/features/2006/aug/bishop_printable.asp]
