How is the shift from an industrial to an innovation economy affecting you? In "The Rise of the Creative Class," Richard Florida examines how we are inventing new forms of work. Read More...
Netflix's Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt and The New Yorker's Ken Auletta discuss the evolution of television and what scares cable companies the most. Read More...
Get ready to toss your cell phone on a table and come back to a fully-charged device. We look at the house of the future, where electronics will charge wirelessly. Read More...
Estee Lauder, left, helps a customer apply lipstick in 1966. Credit: Bill Sauro/World Journal Tribune / Wikimedia Commons
Even with hindsight being 20/20, betting on a woman founding an entirely new industry in the throes of the Great Depression seems pretty unlikely. But, as historian and Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn tells us, it’s the story of Estee Lauder. Read more...
Tavis Smiley, television and radio talk show host, says the key to success is learning how to fail. Credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund / Wikimedia Commons
Recently, we caught up with Tavis Smiley - author and host of "Tavis Smiley" on PBS - and asked him: what does it take to succeed, especially for women and minorities who have historically been sidelined? The key, says Smiley, is being willing to fail. Read more...
H.J. Heinz was an ingenious businessman with an obsessive - and odd- personality, says Joshua Kendall. Here, a selection from a 1930 Heinz recipe book. Credit: alsis35 / Flickr Creative Commons
Ever notice that many famous innovators seem a bit…prickly? Joshua Kendall, author of "America's Obsessives," says visionaries - like H.J. Heinz and Melvil Dewey - often exhibit the kind of obsessive behavior that leads to great ideas, but troublesome personal lives. Read more...
Dr. Paula Hammond of MIT discusses her pioneering cancer research, which uses nanotechnology to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Read more...
Wendy Kopp founded Teach for America as a college student, and has helped the organization change America's educational system. Now, she hopes to expand that model to the international stage. Read more...
Historian Paula Byrne argues that one of the greatest female writers ever, Jane Austen, was both a transformative artist and a powerful career woman ahead of her time. Read more...
