2010 Events

What's the Future of Entrepreneurship Education?…Ask Len Schlesinger

Join us on March 9 for a lively conversation with Babson College President Len Schlesinger about the future of entrepreneurship education.

What Motivates Us?...A Conversation with Dan Pink

Dan Pink is author of several bestselling books about the changing world of work. Join Dan and the BIF community on March 29 for the unique opportunity to talk about his newest book, Drive.

Dispatches from Haiti…Meet-up with Cat Lainé and the AIDG

Join Cat and Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group Exec Director and 2010 TED Fellow Peter Haas on April 13 for a powerful conversation about what it takes to combine business success with social good.

BIF-6

On September 15-16, 2010, the BIF-6 Collaborative Innovation Summit will bring together today's most compelling innovators, business model renegades and true transformers to discuss innovation success through personal storytelling.

From Tweaks to Transformation: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

Join BIF Founder Saul Kaplan and Babson College President Len Schlesinger for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities of business model innovation, an emerging but, in many cases, still poorly understood discipline. Available exclusively to BIF-6 Summit Attendees

Past Events

Clayton Christensen
Disruptive Innovation in Education and Healthcare
Continuum
Service Design Driven Innovation
Diane Hessan
The Role of Community in the Social Media Landscape
Steven Johnson
The Invention of Air
Andrew Hargadon
The Design of Networked Innovation

Continuum
Design Thinking: Beyond the Buzzwords
Ellen Levy
Living the Network Effect: the Art of Mobilizing "Purposeful" Networks
Jeneanne Rae
Designing a Better Customer Experience
Frans Johansson
Innovation at the Intersection of Unexpected Things

Larry Keeley
Setting an Innovation Direction
Harry West
Designing your Business: Creating a Compelling Consumer Experience
Steve Denning
Storytelling and Innovation
Clay Christensen
Disruptive Innovation: Turning Turbulence into Transformation