Innovation
It Pays to Be Smart
Our economy is increasingly ruled by a few dominant firms. We see them everywhere, from established giants Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, and …
Innovation EconomyInnovation, The Cloud And Cisco's Fight To Maintain Market Leadership
<i>Dilbert</i>, that searingly honest and gut-wrenchingly funny portal into corporate life, once made sport of the universal obsession companies have with data. In one strip, there’s a typically befuddled exchange between Dilbert and the Pointy-Haired Boss. Dilbert reveals that a new product has failed …
Cisco SystemsThe scientific explanation for why so many CEOs act like jerks
In the aftermath of Travis Kalanick’s ouster as CEO of ride-sharing behemoth Uber, Silicon Valley is grappling with an age-old management question. Namely: Do business leaders need to be nice?<p>In the opinion of former US attorney general Eric Holder, the answer would seem to be yes. After Holder was …
LeadershipIsraeli spy agency Mossad targets cutting-edge tech, sets up innovation fund
The Israel Security and Intelligence Service (Mossad) has announced the establishment of Libertad - a technology innovation fund.<p>Libertad, the Technological Innovation Fund of the Israel Security and Intelligence Service, was established to provide an innovative capability for maintaining and …
IsraelSweden's New Failure Museum Celebrates the World's Most Spectacular Flops
The wacky collection is fun, but it also teaches serious lessons about learning and innovation.<p>New Coke, a Donald Trump themed board game, green ketchup, and a giant digital camera released by Kodak in 1995 years before anyone knew what to do with it.<p>All these products were spectacular failures, …
SwedenUnderstanding the real innovation behind the iPhone
When the iPhone emerged in 2007, it came with all the promise and pomp of a major Steve Jobs announcement, highlighting its user interface and slick …
UI DesignThe internet of things: industry’s digital revolution
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor is the busiest railway in North America, and also the most grumbled about. Its reliability is about average for the …
Internet of ThingsDarius Graham of Social Innovation Lab: Debunking the Myths of Baltimore
Darius Graham is the Director of the Social Innovation Lab (SIL) at Johns Hopkins University and a startup ecosystem builder in Baltimore, MD. His …
StartupsNVIDIA Tops MIT Tech Review’s List of World’s Smartest Companies
NVIDIA topped the latest edition of <i>MIT Technology Review’s</i> list of 50 Smartest Companies. The magazine’s 2017 list, released Tuesday, ranks companies …
NvidiaHow AI can be a force for good
You probably know that by 2022 an estimated 5 million jobs worldwide will be lost to AI-enabled automation technologies. You probably also know that Oxford University says that 47 percent of American jobs are at risk of being automated, and you probably know two or three more harrowing statistics …
Machine LearningElara Technologies Leads With Tech Innovation Files New Patent for AR VR
Elara Technologies Pte Ltd., which owns Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com, has become the first Indian online real estate company to file an …
Virtual RealityFrom the Mountains to the Valley: Why TapInfluence is Moving to Silicon Valley, California
Business is inherently complicated, and that level of complexity is often magnified at the startup stage. Start-ups are barometers for the economy and, due to their nature, vessels for market exploration. Throughout my 15 years of experience as a leader in technology, I’ve seen this reflected in …
Silicon ValleyCity's young creatives look to build a high-tech future
The authorities are providing premises and funding for a range of startups in expectation of future success, as Yang Wanli reports.<p>In May, Zhang …
Hong KongMiddle America Is More Innovative Than A Lot Of America Thinks
Just because you don’t hear about them as much doesn’t mean there aren’t startups in places other than coastal cities–and they might be the companies best equipped to curb the excesses of startup culture.<p>In his book, <i>The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future</i>, AOL co-founder Steve Case …
Silicon ValleyInnovation is great, but it needs to do one key thing, execs say at 'Summer Davos'
DALIAN, China — Technology is transforming the world, but if businesses and governments aren't careful, innovation could hurt society by exacerbating …
China3D printing the next five years by Sander Adam CEO Leapfrog
<i>Headquartered in the Netherlands, Leapfrog 3D printers are used by enterprises including Tesla, Philips, Volkswagen and NASA. The company sell a</i> …
3D Printing“Leaders Must ‘Walk-the-Walk’ and Create a Culture of Innovation”
Leaders Must ‘Walk-the-Walk’ and Create a Culture of Innovation is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column.<p>In it, PJ Caposey, Amber …
EducationCommentary: Agility, the secret skillset companies are looking to hire
SINGAPORE: Rapid change. These are just two words, but enough to describe the whirlwind of disruption businesses and workers find themselves in today.<p>…
World Economic ForumJeffrey Katzenberg's world of WndrCo and TV's new frontier
In the ever-evolving scatter of content making its way to the small screen, many players are continuing to emerge — but there may be no one better …
Government looking to digital identification for Australian SMEs
Australia's Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation, and Science wants a digital revolution in the way that business and government interact and …
Welcome To The Manufacturing Revolution
Colin Masson, Director of Manufacturing Industry Solutions at Microsoft Cloud & Enterprise, introduces the digital forces behind PSFK's Future of …
ManufacturingCEOs go bullish on growth prospects
More than 90 percent of CEOs in China are confident about the growth outlook of their companies, a higher percentage than their global counterparts, …
CEOsFlexible Operating Models Only Limited by Rigid Corporate Thinking
The technology is there, and so is the desire of workers.<p>The only thing limiting the shift to a more nimble, agile and productive workplace is the …
The WorkplaceIndia’s Defence, Aerospace Industries Will Be Next Growth Frontiers: Dassault Systèmes
French technology solutions provider Dassault Systèmes is eyeing a double digit growth in the Indian market for the next five years, and is harping …
ManufacturingThe Innovator Gap
An innovator I know—let’s call him Tom—had trained for a decade at the world’s top research institution to become an expert in materials science and …
Materials ScienceChinese Science and Innovation - Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2017 | World Economic Forum
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ChinaOne of the biggest US job creators in IT is India’s Tata Consultancy Services
The Indian tech giant is a job-creating engine in the US.<p>Tata Consultancy Services – part of India’s largest industrial conglomerate, the Tata Group …
WaterCo-op digital chief Mike Bracken quits to focus on digital government consultancy
Former UK government digital chief Mike Bracken is leaving his job as chief digital officer at the Co-operative Group to work with governments around …
Business TechnologyEdGE Networks Solving Talent Acquisition and Workforce Optimization Challenges Using AI and Data Science
The HR technology market is undergoing a disruptive change owing to digital technologies and the millennial workforce. The industry comprises of …
Machine LearningHalifax’s Springboard program turns academics into entrepreneurs
There’s an old saying that you can accomplish anything you want – so long as you don’t care who takes the credit.<p>This is not just a powerful insight into human nature. It may also be the clue to solving Canada’s innovation problem.<p>The consensus is that Canadians are great at coming up with new …