Michael Porter: The case for letting business solve social problems
Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society's biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and access to water. Why? Because when business solves a problem, it makes a profit -- ...
Stefan Larsson: What doctors can learn from each other
Different hospitals produce different results on different procedures. Only, patients don’t know that data, making choosing a surgeon a high-stakes guessing game. Stefan Larsson looks at what happens when doctors measure and share their outcomes on hip replacement surgery, for example, to see which techniques are proving the most effective. Coul...
Philip Evans: How data will transform business
Augie Picado: The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing
We've heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam -- and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven't disappeared for the reasons you may think, says border and logistics specialist Augie Picado. He gives us ...
Andrew Yang: Why US politics is broken — and how to fix it
The electoral system in the United States needs a redesign, says political reformer Andrew Yang. Exposing the flaws of a system built on poor incentives, he proposes a cost-effective overhaul inspired by primary elections already working in places like Alaska and advocates for ranked-choice voting, where voters can choose candidates in order of ...
Katherine M. Gehl: US politics isn't broken. It's fixed
The "broken" US political system is actually working exactly as designed, says business leader and activist Katherine Gehl. Examining the system through a nonpartisan lens, she makes the case for voting innovations, already implemented in parts of the country, that give citizens more choice and incentivize politicians to work towards progress an...
Michael Porter: How to run 64 miles in one night
On May 14, 2016, at 9 pm, I stood at the start line of the 3 Days at the Fair 12-hour ultramarathon. I started running 1-mile loops around the Sussex County Fairgrounds. I did that all night. Around 7:30am the following morning, a guy named Josh said to me, "Mike, I think you're in first place." Sure enough, after I finished the next lap, I chec...
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