Jay Kay Quotes

When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.

The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime.

Fluid intelligence is not a Big Five personality trait: It's a measurement of one's ability to rapidly learn and apply a rule set. As an entrepreneur, you're rapidly dealing with different issues, and your ability to switch from one issue to another is very important.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.

I think that I am willing to do anything. I like to collaborate. If my voice will be heard, than I will do some research and think about it.

I don't know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.

I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.

I was just taught very early that if I didn't solve problems, I was headed for a very dark path. Problems were everywhere. Now, even if there are no problems, I look for problems. I'm like, 'You know what? I don't like the way this spoon works. I want to design a new spoon.'

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss

If any successes has come to me, it came because I insisted on thinking things through. That's all I was capable of doing in life, was thinking pretty hard about trying to get the right answer, and then acting on it. I never learned to do anything else.

I think the best thing you can teach a person is how to learn. And once they discover their own individual approach to that - which is inside all of us - then all of a sudden, they've opened up a door of endless resources.

I think teams really want to see how you respond picking up and grasping things and if you can make changes and regurgitate that information.

Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well.

It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.

I think the only value of being in school is that everything you do should be a problem that needs to be solved. Everything should be a challenge.

I think, personally, I learn really quick.

My Grinnell education didn't prepare me directly for the work that I'm doing, but it did give me the tools that I needed to focus my curiosity.

Kids aren't dumb - they might not get something, but they're going to figure it out.

The education is the answer to everything, really, and on so many different levels. The minutiae of life require analytical skills that you learn in being educated, an ability to navigate the very systems that constitute life. They all require some degree of education, and if you don't get it, you're at a real disadvantage.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to search for new ideas on your own. With any luck at all, you’ll never need to take an idea and squeeze a punchline out of it, but as bright, creative people, you’ll be called upon to generate ideas and solutions all your lives. Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form