Innovators

Most change isn't the result of org charts and management schematics: it is the result of passionate people who dedicate themselves to pushing through the perils and pain of change. We believe that sharing their stories is an important part of helping others become the innovators they aspire to be. We look forward to watching this library of stories grow!

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Mickey Ackerman

Mickey Ackerman

Head, Industrial Design Department , Rhode Island School of Design


Randy Antik

Randy Antik

President and Chief Executive Officer, Swat Team Partners


BIF-3 Mavericks Session 1

BIF-3 Mavericks Session 1

How Ideas Move


BIF-3 Mavericks Session 2

BIF-3 Mavericks Session 2

The Reinventors


Eric Bonabeau

Eric Bonabeau

CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Icosystem


John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown

Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and Director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)


Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi

Former Director, Rhode Island Department of Transportation


Betsy Cohen

Betsy Cohen

Corporate Futurist, Vice President of Nestlé Purina's Extended Enterprise Group


Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen

Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen

Under Secretary for Science & Technology, Department of Homeland Security


Joseph Coughlin

Joseph Coughlin

Director, Age Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Jana Eggers

Jana Eggers

General Manager, Innovation Lab, Intuit


Paul English

Paul English

Founder, the gethuman project, Co-Founder & CTO, Kayak.com


Peter Gloor

Peter Gloor

Visiting Scholar, Center for Coordination Science, MIT's Sloan School of Management


Mark Hellendrung

Mark Hellendrung

CEO, The Narragansett Beer Company


Hugh Herr

Hugh Herr

Director, Biomechatronics Group, MIT Media Lab


John Kao

John Kao

BIF Research Advisor


Saul Kaplan

Saul Kaplan

Founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory


Randall Kempner

Randall Kempner

Vice President for Regional Innovation, Council on Competitiveness


Kathleen Kingscott

Kathleen Kingscott

Director of Innovation Policy, IBM


Liz Lerman

Liz Lerman

Founding Artistic Director, Liz Lerman Dance


Roger Mandle

Roger Mandle

President, Rhode Island School of Design


Denise Nemchev

Denise Nemchev

President, Stanley Fastening Systems


Oedipus

Oedipus

Vice President for Alternative Programming, Infinity Broadcasting


Ivy Ross

Ivy Ross

Executive Vice President for Product Design and Development, Gap Inc./Old Navy


Mary Pat Ryan

Mary Pat Ryan

Executive Vice President, Sirius Satellite Radio


Juan Fernando Santos

Juan Fernando Santos

Chief Creative Officer, Studiocom


Clay Shirky

Clay Shirky

Writer, Consultant, and Teacher on New Media and the Internet


The Story Hat

The Story Hat

Ten years of experience in developing and refining the Property Engineering process


Bill Struever

Bill Struever

CEO, Struever Brothers and Eccles & Rouse


Jane Fulton Suri

Jane Fulton Suri

Director of Human Factors Design and Research, IDEO


Alexander Tsiaras

Alexander Tsiaras

Founder and CEO, Anatomical Travelogue


Bill Tsiaras

Bill Tsiaras

Chief of Ophthalmology, Rhode Island Hospital


Robert Varney

Robert Varney

Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, New England region


Harry West

Harry West

Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, Design Continuum


Alice Wilder

Alice Wilder

Director of Research and Development, Producer/Writer, Blue's Clues


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