Overview: Since 2001, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has drawn on outside scientists, academics, engineers, and others to guide the President on effective policy for boosting innovation and scientific advancement in America. The council's history
Overview: Sending people and objects into space was once so expensive, only a handful of governments could do it. The global push to develop a private space industry was both driven by innovation and drives innovation in both the private
Overview: IdeaScale's Laszlo Gyorffy M.S., V.P. of Global Services, has developed a self-paced course on excelling at innovation, drawing on his decades of consulting and training expertise. The course focuses on his value-driven approach to innovation, drawing on lessons learned
Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed supply chains around the globe. Companies involved in the supply chain have needed to develop new methods up and down the supply chain, from AI managing the entire system to new vehicles for delivery
The climate crisis is escalating faster than most people imagined. We must act now to change critical dimensions of the tasks, structures, and day-to-day practices of our companies. Just as human civilization moved from the Agricultural Era to the Industrial
Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the workplace forever, scattering employees across metro areas and even the country. In our free Zoom webinar on Thursday, January 20th at 9 am PST, we’ll discuss how to be inclusive when building the
Overview: New agricultural, processing, and manufacturing technologies are changing what we eat, how long it keeps, and how we store it. What each of these innovations has in common is a thoughtful and different approach to common questions. The Challenge
Overview: Innovation strategy needs more than just a great kickoff meeting. To foster innovation, the entire organization needs to be involved, have access to the needed resources to innovate, and see their innovations celebrated across the company. Here are nine
Overview: Technology is allowing communities to both understand the scale and the nature of racial inequity in their midst. By improving access to technology, developing more effective technology, and using it to drive policy, they’re beginning to address long-standing racial issues.
Overview: Nordstrom, already facing headwinds due to changes in retail, has been using the data it aggregates to create more specific and meaningful private brands. It bring in new labels for pop-ups, and other approaches that keep the 120-year-old department
