Watch Now: Videos from our Innovation Story Studio
Bill Shannon at BIF-5
DaVita Chief Wisdom Officer delivers captivating story that gives new meaning to the famed Three Muskateers motto 'all for one and one for all.'
Alice Wilder at BIF-5
Educational psychologist and Blue's Clues creator discusses her creative approach to getting kids excited about learning. (Hint: Ask a lot of questions.)
Patricia Seybold at BIF-5
Amazing social entrepreneurship story from the "Outside Innovation" author who shares insights from The Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme.
John Maeda at BIF-5
In this onstage interview with co-host Bruce Nussbaum, the RISD president digs into his viewpoint that innovation has lost its appreciation of "thinking for thinking’s sake."
Len Schlesinger at BIF-5
What if we were all entrepreneurs? The Babson College president tackles the question, gets personal and takes on the challenge of re-organizing our institutions.
Saul Kaplan at BIF-5
Inspiring opening remarks from the founder and chief catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory.
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.
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.
Sarah Endline at BIF-5
How does a kid from rural Michigan get thinking about global economics and social entrepreneurship? Meet the mastermind, chocolatier and chief rioter of sweetriot.
Practically Radical: Fabienne Munch at BIF-5
Herman Miller's director of ideation shares her story of stabilizing, energizing and ultimately transforming her innovation group - all in the space of five months.
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.
Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen at BIF-5
Intuit's chief innovation officer sits down with BIF-5 co-host Bruce Nussbaum to talk about what it takes to drive innovation capability across a company.
Roger Martin at BIF-5
The dean of the Rotman School talks about how today's MBA programs create nothing but "jargon spewing economic vandals" and the imperative for change.
Practically Radical: Nick Bowen at BIF-5
IBM's VP of Technology shares insight into the company's near-death experience and learning how (and when) to react to disruptions in its way.
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.
Bill Taylor, Alan Webber and Saul Kaplan at BIF-5
Fast Company co-founders take the stage to talk about the early days of publishing and the astounding changes that have taken place since they sold the magazine.
Upcoming Event
BIF-6
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - Thursday, September 16, 2010
From Tweaks to Transformation: Why Business Model Innovation Matters
Friday, September 17, 2010
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Len Schlesinger
March 9th 2010
Video now available
Dan Pink
Monday, March 29, 2010
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Student Experience Lab: Phase 1 Overview
While every student experience is in many ways unique, the first phase of the BIF Student Experience Lab identified nine experiential themes that span demographics, geography and school and student-type.
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