Showing posts with label Innovate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Innovate. Show all posts

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Wager: Can US Innovate Its Way Out of Debt?

The Wager: Can US Innovate Its Way Out of Debt? Tube. Duration : 2.72 Mins.


Complete video at: fora.tv NYU business professor Scott Galloway describes outstanding government and consumer debt levels in the US as a wager that future technological innovations will lead to long-term economic growth. ----- On November 5, L2 and NYU Stern hosted its second-annual Innovation Forum at The Morgan Library in New York City. The full-day event addressed innovation in digital marketing and implications for prestige brands. L2 Forums are the largest gatherings of prestige professionals in North America. Forums draw C-level executives and top marketing and digital talent from prestige brands; leading agencies, media, and technology firms; and innovators and academics. In addition, 25 percent of seats are reserved for students from the nation's top business and arts graduate programs. - L2 Scott Galloway is the founder of L2, a think tank for prestige brands, and Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches brand strategy and luxury marketing. Galloway is also the founder of Firebrand Partners, an operational activist firm that has invested over billion in US consumer and media companies. In 1997, he founded Red Envelope, the premier Internet-based consumer gift retailer. In 1992, Galloway founded Prophet, a brand strategy consultancy that employs over 100 professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia. Galloway was elected to the World Economic Forum's "Global Leaders of Tomorrow," which recognizes 100 individuals under age 40 "whose ...

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Entrepreneurial Learning 2.0 Navigating the Coming Disruption in How We Learn To Innovate

Entrepreneurial Learning 2.0 Navigating the Coming Disruption in How We Learn To Innovate Tube. Duration : 66.15 Mins.


Google Tech Talk December 15, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Dr. Alex Bruton. Imagine graduating from college or university today. Sure, youd have free access to useful information like no generation before yours has ever had, and all the tools you could dream of for producing and sharing information as readily as it can be consumed. No, you may never need to pay for a long distance call, a travel agent, an encyclopedia or a web developer. And yes, before too long the businesses you start would be able to house and scale all of their data and software in the cloud, at next to no cost. But as enabling as all this might be, it wouldnt guarantee your success (or the success of the companies at which you would work) and could even be a disadvantage if you (or your bosses) have grown up learning in a traditional education system. Whole industries from music to journalism to education are being disrupted by the very forces that make these advances possible. The facts seem to indicate that the top 10 jobs to be in demand in 2010 didnt even exist in 2004 and that that people graduating this year could have up to 14 jobs before they turn 39. And its becoming clear that different ways of thinking are needed now than even 10 years ago in order to be creative and efficient enough to turn the flow of information into knowledge that can create sustained value in our society, businesses and economy. The solution to these challenges is one part toolset and large part mindset, and enabling ...

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