Ron Garan

“Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust.”

“This was exactly what I experienced in space: immense gratitude for the opportunity to see Earth from this vantage, and for the gift of the planet we've been given.”

“If we adopt the same collaborative mindset and practices that got to the moon and back, and that built the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty—and do much more.”

“We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.”

“People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.”

“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”

“A partner's different perspective is valuable, but the very fact that it is different means that it will require work, humility, time, and resources to incorporate that perspective. At times, this will require checking one's pride at the door.”