Abdul Kalam's take on sustainable development

Former Indian president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam yesterday called for creative leadership for sustainable development as the two are closely linked.
"Sustainable development only can come through creative leadership," said Kalam, adding that creative leaders can be of any age -- 25 years or 70 years.  
The 83-year old provided a list to show how sustainable development is related to creativity. He said:

1 A nation's economic development is powered by
competitiveness
2 Competitiveness is powered by knowledge
3 Knowledge is powered by technology and innovation
4 Technology and innovation are powered by resource
investment
5 Resource investment is powered by return on investment
6 Return on investment is powered by revenue
7 Revenue is powered by volume and repeat sales
8 Volume and repeat sales are powered by customer loyalty
9 Customer loyalty is powered by the quality and value of products
10 Quality and value of products is powered by employee productivity and innovation
11 Employee productivity is powered by employee loyalty
12 Employee loyalty is powered by employee satisfaction
13 Employee satisfaction is powered by the working
environment
14 Working environment is powered by management
innovation
15 Management innovation is powered by creative
leadership