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Innovation: Where Creativity and Technology Meet is a documentary about creativity, innovation, and technology. This audio program takes listeners on a worldwide journey to show how great achievers use creativity, innovation, and technology to thrive in a hyperconnected and hypercompetitive world. Some of the greatest innovators of our time, like Bill Gates, Salman Khan, and others, make listeners feel that they, too, can become great, and it is never too late to become the people they want to be.

"A moral dilemma gripped Anil K. Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural on-farm research sector in 1985. He noticed how the marginalized farmers were being paid poorly for their otherwise unmatched knowledge. The gross injustice of this...

The history-making development of the Chinese economy has entered a new phase: China is moving aggressively from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation. Driven both by domestic needs and by global ambition, China is establishing itself at the forefront of technological innovation. Western businesses need to prepare for a tidal wave of innovation from China that is about to hit Western markets, and Chinese businesses need to understand the critical importance of innovation in their future.

The Day the Chariot Moved is a tribute to people who make permanent change happen in one lifetime. A unique book on the imperatives for institutional leadership that is relevant across sectors, it humanizes the development agenda for policymakers in the government. It makes change agents from...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your ideas stick. “Anyone interested in influencing others—to buy, to vote, to learn, to diet, to give to charity or to start a revolution—can learn from this book.”—The...

Recognizing the power of the new and trying to understand and promote the conditions that make it possible, the Greeks were the first to write about innovation and even the first to record a word for forging something new. In short, the Greeks "invented" innovation itself - and they still have a great deal to teach us about it. How to Innovate is an engaging introduction to key ideas about - and examples of - innovation and creative thinking from ancient Greece. Armand D'Angour provides lively new translations of selections from Aristotle, Diodorus, and Athenaeus.

Early True Believers: The Untold Story of Silicon Alley is a 1990s saga of ambition and innovation set in Manhattan’s Silicon Alley, a swath of downtown that served as New York City’s nerve center of tech entrepreneurship. The series features the stories of a forgotten cohort of early internet visionaries, countercultural social networks, the digital gold rush, and the lavish events that came with it, including one held in an underground Tribeca bunker that abruptly ended in a police raid—a harbinger of the upheaval to come.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,” presents an “elaborate, smart, and persuasive” (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development...

In Search of an Adarsh Indian StateIn India, public policies are all around us. Despite this pervasiveness, yeh public sab nahin jaanti hai (the public doesn't know it all).Questions are rarely asked of the Indian State-the institution that makes rules, bends them and punishes others for...

ラジオをこよなく愛し、みずから書いた企画書が通り番組MCになった謎のラジオパーソナリティTad Mitani（某企業の社長という噂も･･･？）。企業経営者をはじめ、クリエイターやデザイナー、行政・教育分野の方々まで多彩なゲストを迎え、独自の視点でトークを深掘りする北陸放送（MRO）のラジオ番組「Tad Mitani’s Innovation Now」を、ポッドキャストでも配信します！

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.

“Innovation” is the hottest buzzword in business. But what if our obsession with finding the next big thing has distracted us from the work that matters most? “The most important book I’ve read in a long time . . . It explains so much about what is wrong with our technology, our...

Introducing "Manufacturing Innovations Today" – your go-to podcast for the latest news and insights on automation, manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Industry 4.0. Join us as we explore the dynamic world of cutting-edge technologies and their impact on the manufacturing industry.In each episode, we delve into the realms of automation, uncovering the advancements and breakthroughs transforming factories and production processes worldwide. From robotics and AI to machine learning and predictive maintenance, we bring you in-depth discussions with industry experts, thought ...

The next revolution in business will provide for a sustainable future, from founder, CEO and circular economy expert Ron Gonen Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free...

Digital Pulse is a curated podcast series for business leaders seeking clarity at the intersection of emerging technology and enterprise strategy. Created and hosted by Rafa Jimenez, VP Digital innovation at ELCA and a long-time expert in blockchain, digital assets, and applied AI . Each episode explores how technologies like distributed ledgers, digital-native-mobile-first platforms, and AI tools are driving real change across industries. ​Digital Pulse isn’t just another technology podcast. Each episode is carefully scripted, produced, and refined through a fully AI-powered workflow, ...

Shortly after the emergence of genetic engineering in the 1970s, academic biologists were courted by venture capitalists and multinational companies. Researchers who understood the new biology of the time went from being merely curious about how the natural world functioned to realizing that they could profit from their newfound recognition. As they were inventing all sorts of newfangled organisms, biologists became acquainted with intellectual property.

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A fascinating study of the global Maker Movement that explores how ‘making’ impacts our personal and social development—perfect for enthusiastic DIY-ers Dale Dougherty, creator of MAKE: magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the...

Engineer Innovation is a podcast by engineers for engineers, delving into the future of engineering simulation and testing. Our guests share their expertise on how cutting-edge technologies drive engineering innovation: the emerging industrial metaverse, MBSE, comprehensive digital twin, artificial intelligence (AI), and edge computing. Cutting through the hype, we have practical conversations about what truly matters to engineers across various industries. Join us to explore where ideas turn into reality and how simulations fuel innovation.

Analogies are far more complex than their SAT stereotype and lie at the very core of human cognition and creativity. Once we become aware of this, we start seeing them everywhere - in ads, apps, political debates, legal arguments, logos, and euphemisms, to name just a few. At their very best, analogies inspire new ways of thinking, enable invention, and motivate people to action. Unfortunately, not every analogy that rings true is true. That's why, at their worst, analogies can deceive, manipulate, or mislead us into disaster.