Watch Now: Videos from our Innovation Story Studio
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.
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.
Saul Kaplan at BIF-5
Inspiring opening remarks from the founder and chief catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory.
Jocelyn Wyatt at BIF-5
Within the context of her own personal journey, IDEO social innovation lead shares her process for building social enterprises in the developing world.
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.
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.
Nell Merlino at BIF-5
The women's rights activist and pioneer shares a moving story about helping women break through the economic barriers that keep them from earning more.
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.
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.
Bob Schwartz at BIF-5
GE Healthcare's GM of Global Design asks himself 'why does it have to be this way?' and shares inspiring examples of meaning making in the company's work.
Helmut Traitler at BIF-5
In this conversation with Bruce Nussbaum, the Nestlé Vice President of Innovation Partnerships gets under the hood and tinkers with the concept of open innovation.
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.
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.
Don Tapscott at BIF-5
The leading business strategy authority brings fresh focus to Gen-Y through the story of one over-achieving millenial who doesn't read books (and it's ok).
Melissa Withers at BIF-5
Adding fresh thinking to the higher education debate, BIF's Executive Director shares the latest research from BIF's Student Experience Lab.
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.
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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.