Monthly Archives: October 2006

Betsy Cohen of Nestle asked us to think about working in a small company… how about a company with 250 people? Then she asked us to think about a company with 250,000 like Nestle. How can these folks be coordinated, … Continue reading →

As a kid, Curt Columbus was the kind of kid who other kids didn’t play with. Glasses, chubby, comic books. But then he got the chance to play the lead in the Scottish Play (I won’t even type the name … Continue reading →

Alph Bingham is talking about Globalization 3.0: Globalization of the individual. When he headed west to graduate school, he packed up all his belongings and hit the road. When he arrived, they asked him to skin poisonous frogs. They had … Continue reading →

Peter Gloor is here to talk about Swarm Creativity. His journey started 20 years ago as a grad student when he was hacking some software for IBM. He became a banker, worked in industry, but in 1997, he returned to … Continue reading →

Roger Mandle, the President of RISD, is speaking about the Art of Innovation. As much as he is an administrator, he wonders if he’s an artist? After all, he’s steeped in arts: his parents and children were/are artists, he’s educated … Continue reading →

Frans Johansson (“The Medici Effect”). His talk: “my journey to the intersection.” Mother African American/Cherokee, Father Swedish, grew up in Sweden. Went to Brown, studied environmental science, brought together the science communities by founding the Catalyst magazine. He recognized John … Continue reading →

Dean Kamen came up to talk about FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The problem he discussed was the decline of science knowledge in the US. Even though we’re talking about this now, it’s a problem that’s … Continue reading →

Robert Ballard: “Born in Wichita, Kansas, where all oceanographers come from”. As a child, Ballard was spellbound by the idea of walking on the bottom of the ocean (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea). From that point on, he was fascinated … Continue reading →

Mary Pat Ryan started with a story about how her car got stolen; not surprising, living in NYC… except the car was garaged. It just disappeared. Even though it was covered by insurance and she got a new car, she … Continue reading →