Surrendipity & Innovation
Billions and billions of dollars have been spent in the pursuit of new drugs but vanishingly few useful drugs are actually being developed. Dr. Safi Bahcall, the president and C.E.O. of the biotechnology company Synta Pharmaceuticals, talks with Malcolm Gladwell about how mistakes lead to great scientific discoveries and how big drug companies hamper innovation. [...]
Role of Power in Talent Management
James Surowiecki talks about the evolving role of power in a time when change comes fast and furious and technology-enabled, bottom-up innovation competes with our inherent desire to obey authority. About James Surowiecki: James Surowiecki is the foremost authority on how to harness the collective wisdom of your organization for competitive advantage. He has written [...]
Inventing and Giving
Innovator Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway shortly after its official unveiling. As he loops gracefully around the stage, his fact- and figure-reeling betrays his intensity: 50 percent of the world population lives in cities; 43 percent of the refined fuel produced in the world is consumed by cars in metropolitan areas [...]
