Irwin Kula

Rabbi Irwin Kula has been on the vanguard of disruptive innovation since it became the mantra of the post-dot.com reality. He sees disruptive innovation as a necessary force in what he calls this ‘next epic’ of religion.

TIME.com series of interviews with BIF10 storytellers that explore their approaches to innovation and the importance of the BIF Collaborative Innovation Summit.

What is an 8th generation Rabbi doing at BIF? As President of The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Kula believes we need to innovate religion. Why? Because, we are living in a moment of transition; a moment of re-imagining what it means to be human. Technology is going to be the hardware of humanity, but how it is used will be based on the software of humanity. Religious leadership has nothing to contribute now but to bring the consciousness of morality to the conversations around innovation and design.