Watch Now: Videos from our Innovation Story Studio
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.
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.
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.
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: Richard Antcliff at BIF-5
NASA Langley's Chief Technologist talks about how a 92-year old organization like NASA can reinvent itself to do more with less and still be innovative.
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.
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).
Natalie Jeremijenko at BIF-5
Blending biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering, the artist shares some creative experiments from her environmental health clinic.
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.
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.'
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."
Max Geiger at BIF-5
The host of Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" talks about how the show determines hypothetical winners between historical warriors through simulations.
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.
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.)
Michael Samuelson at BIF-5
Returning storyteller and Health and Wellness Institute president shares an intensely personal story about breast cancer and the need to be your own advocate.
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.
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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
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Dan Pink
Monday, March 29, 2010
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