Perspectives From the Frontier
Thematic briefings on the ideas and forces reshaping how we work, lead, and live, from the experts at the leading edge of each.
How to Manage the Risks and Opportunities of the Future of Work
Will AI and machine learning leave us without jobs or allow us to perform our functions better? Some theorists believe the former, that technology will take…
Your Tech Strategy May Be Asking the Wrong Questions About AI
Automation may solve the immediate problems of reducing costs and completing routine tasks; but when leaders take such a narrow view of it they fail to raise…
Is Telepathy Tech the Next World-Changing Innovation?
Is it possible to literally read someone’s mind? Mental telepathy is often thought of as a product of science fiction, but according to Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen,…
The Apple Model: Behind the Scenes of a Trillion-Dollar Company
On August 2, 2018, Apple became the world’s first ever trillion-dollar company. You may or may not be reading this on an iPhone, iPad or MacBook, but no matter…
Is Your Company Overly Reliant on Technology?
How does your organization view communication technology? Does digital connectivity enhance human interaction, or replace it? In an op-ed for the New York…
How to Embrace the Challenge of Change – And Build a Growth Company
How does a company deal with constant innovation and disruption? The answer, says Dunkin’ Brands CEO Nigel Travis, is to embrace the “challenge culture.”…
The “Internet of Things” is Getting More Dangerous – Here’s How To Better Secure It
By Brian Sherry June 6, 2018 If you think you can avoid the perils of data hacking and cyberattacks by logging off the internet, you’re sorely mistaken. We now…
How to Innovate at the Frontiers of Knowledge
The human brain is still largely a mystery to the medical world, but scientific prodigy Dr. Ed Boyden is working to change that reality. A neuroengineer and…
How Can Agribusiness Meet the Demand for Meat?
As early as 1931, Winston Churchill said, “[In the future] we shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by…
How to Develop a Hospital Technology Innovation Strategy
Digital technology has helped transform every industry, except for health care, which remains slow-moving, costly and inefficient. Legendary performance…
The Right Way for Entrepreneurial Leaders to Cultivate Harmony Between Work and Life
Entrepreneurs are often romanticized for prioritizing success at work over happiness in their personal lives, but such a one-dimensional existence is…
Questions (Not Answers) Are The Key To Innovation
From a young age, we are conditioned to give answers, not to arrive at solutions by asking questions. Because we carry those habits with us into the business…