September 16 - At the Global Boards Forum, presented today in New York City by Directorship and Global Proxy Watch, 80 directors of public companies gathered to discuss board member responsibilities.
Particularly striking to me ...READ»
Let's play word association: intern + texting = ____. Setting up a date? Skipping out on work? Sexting? At IBM, how about saving millions of lives?
A new initiative called SMS for Life, born from the minds of a group of IBM's Extreme ...READ»
Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War." Now the threat of smallpox and other forms of bioterrorism has unleashed the next generation of conflict. Welcome to the science of war.READ»
Boomers and Gen Y, the largest cohorts in the workplace, both want to “contribute to society through their labor,” according to a new article in Harvard Business Review by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Laura Sherbin, and Karen Sumberg, of ...READ»
A Friday sampler of innovation and business news from beyond the normal biznews channels.
MIT Wants to Modernize Drug Making
Medicine these days is made much the way Merlin would have — with ingredients and steps batched in a ...READ»
I cannot reveal the details of the proprietary algorithm that underlies our Most Innovative Companies list. It isn't because I'd have to kill you afterward. Truth is: It doesn't exist.
What makes a company innovative is a question ...READ»
Matt Mason, author of "The Pirates' Dilemma," spoke at Pop!Tech this morning about what we can learn from pirates. These seven tips may save your company.READ»
It is always a great aha! moment whenever you capture yourself doing a klutzy thing - for if I am transfering my personal orientated tweets to my blog, then I don't need all the paraphenelia of twitter shortform, though I will include ...READ»
Last week, we reported on why you should start a company in Boston, citing the city's large supply of smart, creative people. Now Boston.com has created an innovation tour modeled after the Freedom Trail. As you might expect, most ...READ»
Infographic: Medical Remote Monitoring
Doctors' offices may soon become much less crowded. AT&T is developing a software tool and networking platform that will use wireless devices to record a patient's health ...READ»
Doctors' offices may soon become much less crowded. AT&T is developing a software tool and networking platform that will use wireless devices to record a patient's health measurements at home and send the data to the doctor. ...READ»
According to the creative people behind the BrainStore, an "idea factory" in Biel, Switzerland, it's possible to generate new ideas with as much rigor, and as much speed, as it takes to make products on an assembly line.READ»
As the start of a new school year begins, concerns over H1N1--aka swine flu--are growing. Everyone's waiting to hear when a vaccine will be available, and earlier this summer, the CDC predicted that 120 million doses ...
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Fifteen years after the genocide, the small African country has embraced a new model of economic development. Its strategy: Build a global network of powerful friends to lure private investment -- and market the brand of Rwanda.READ»
How do you talk about that problem at work that no one wants to talk about? Here's how to stick out your neck without getting your head chopped off.READ»
My last few posts on inVentiv Health (VTIV) were picked up by PDI (PDII), the competitor I compared them to in my first post. They reached out to me and I had the chance to interview PDI’s CEO, Nancy Lurker. What she shared with me ...READ»
