Topic: Tufts University

Shawn Baldwin from CMG with Dr. Richard Sandor and Robert Hormats

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago at the 2009 Milken Global Conference READ»

Does the Kindle Make Good Brain-Food?

Do we learn differently from electronic paper than real books? The New York Times set out to understand the question by polling a group of experts. Does e-paper make it harder to focus? Harder to think and learn? "Initially, any ...READ»

Does the Kindle Make Good Brain-Food?

Do we learn differently from electronic paper than real books? The New York Times set out to understand the question by polling a group of experts. Does e-paper make it harder to focus? Harder to think and learn? "Initially, any ...READ»

Systems Thinking: The Product

Building on my previous entry... In some cases, companies are such good systems thinkers that what they offer up to their customers is, in fact, a beautfully constructed system -- their product is the system they've built. eBay is ...READ»

Systems Thinking: The Product

Building on my previous entry... In some cases, companies are such good systems thinkers that what they offer up to their customers is, in fact, a beautfully constructed system -- their product is the system they've built. eBay is ...READ»

The Price of Winning FDA Approval

Winning FDA approval for a new drug or medical treatment requires extensive--and expensive--human trials for safety and effectiveness. Costs vary widely, depending largely on the conditions being treated and the number of subjects ...READ»

• Sidestepping the FDA

Attitude Adjustment

Seeing yourself as the rest of the world does.READ»

The Napkin Sketch

How Wal-Mart, Microsoft, and others are using the power of images to digest complex ideas.READ»

CEO of Love

Job Titles of the Future: Bill SchreinerREAD»

Social Justice - Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch

"If you are exposed directly to an injustice or need, you want to do something about it."READ»

New Kids on the Bloc

A training corps for young change makers.READ»

How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education

Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is changing.READ»

• 5 Startups to Watch

Memo to: Media Monopolists

And you thought moguls had it made? Turns out, trying to hang on to a monopoly these days is enough to make anyone miserable, even Rupert, Michael, and Sumner. We feel their pain -- and offer some help.READ»

Just Two Good Ole Boys...

How CMT is making cowboy boots, pickup trucks, and woeful ballads cool. But not too cool.READ»

Positive Deviant

Jerry Sternin's job was to help save starving children in Vietnam. Faced with an impossible time frame, he adopted a radical approach to making change. His idea: Real change begins from the inside.READ»

Just Two Good Ole Boys...

Two city slickers help make MTV's country music channel, CMT, cool without alienating a devoted audience of diehard country music fans.READ»

Not Invented Here

The next blockbuster drug could come from anywhere. It's up to Merck's scouts to find it.READ»

The Revolution Will Be Televised (on CNBC)

Don't touch your dial! CNBC has become the live feed of the new economy. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at CNBC, a network that has reinvented the way TV works.READ»

Who Ever Said Comedy Had To Be Fun?

For Rob Burnett, president and CEO of David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, comedy is serious business. But long hours and nagging self-doubt are the price you pay to make people laugh -- and to build a company that does distinctive work in an industry where distinctive work is in short supply. Just in time for May sweeps, here's an all-access look at the creative process.READ»