Watch Now: Videos from our Innovation Story Studio
Helen Walters at BIF-5
BusinessWeek's editor of innovation and design sits down with Saul Kaplan to talk about the proliferation of social media and what it means for publishing.
Natalie Jeremijenko at BIF-5
Blending biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering, the artist shares some creative experiments from her environmental health clinic.
Steven Trachtenberg at BIF-5
The always humorous former president of George Washington University shares a handful of lessons related to challenging assumptions and finding new opportunities.
Practically Radical: Peter Snyder at BIF-5
There's an exciting paradigm shift taking place in science today that moves the notion of 'doing' to 'knowing' explains the Lifespan VP of research.
Greg Matthews at BIF-5
With cool project work to back him up, Humana's Director of Innovation demonstrates the power of social media as a tool for innovation.
Practically Radical: Allan Tear at BIF-5
The Betaspring co-founder talks about the 12-week, mentorship-driven bootcamp he started last summer to help entrepreneurs build and launch their companies.
Neri Oxman at BIF-5
By letting materials tell their own stories, the form-finding (not form-making) artist, architect and material ecologist shares a few brilliant examples of her work.
Ethan Zuckerman at BIF-5
The activist, academic and co-founder of Global Voices shares a story about building cultural bridges, xenophilia and a little video game called War of Warcraft.
John B. Rogers at BIF-5
Can you crowdsource the design of a car? Locol Motors CEO shares his unique collaboration between small-volume manufacturing and car-loving communities.
Richard Saul Wurman at BIF-5
The legendary information architect offers a handful of delightfully disconnected personal stories about weight-loss, dressing in white and his latest book 33.
Alan Webber at BIF-5
What do you do? Author and co-founder of Fast Company magazine reflects on his career, what's next and the importance of doing meaningful work.
Carne Ross at BIF-5
Hear the incredible story of how and why this former British senior diplomat and founder of the Independent Diplomat is reinventing diplomacy for the 21st century.
Jonah Lehrer at BIF-5
Wired contributing editor and author of "How We Decide" and "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" shares his intriguing research about the human brain and how/why we decide the things we do.
Saul Kaplan at BIF-5
Inspiring opening remarks from the founder and chief catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory.
Bill Buxton at BIF-5
Leading designer and Microsoft principal researcher questions why the design of most technology doesn't incorporate important social, cultural and historical perspectives.
Practically Radical: Gina Melone at BIF-5
The Hasbro futurist shares the origin story of Project Zambi, a cute little elephant born from a crowdsourcing effort that blends passion with social responsibility.
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