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Building a Stronger Global Health System — Interview with Tiaji Salaam-Blyther
To help prevent the next global disease outbreak and build toward long-term health, the U.S. should focus on building stronger health systems in developing countries.The United States has long...
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Nigel Perry: Translating Ideas into Industries in the UK
Innovation hubs show how private- and public-sector collaboration can help enable entrepreneurs compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.As any innovator with a great idea will tell you,...
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Rick Dalton: 'It Takes a Village' — 4 Tools to Help Young People Prepare for...
Rick Dalton discusses how to help low-income students become ready for 21st century careers.It was supposed to be a night of pure celebration when 55 recent college grads from Harlem and the Bronx...
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What Obama Can Learn from African Entrepreneurs — Interview with Dr. Frannie...
When President Obama meets with African entrepreneurs in Kenya this week, he will discover innovative minds eager for partnership, Dr. Frannie Leautier says in the first of a two-part interview.African...
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Marco Annunziata: How to Capture the Benefits of Africa’s Youth Dividend
With a new industrial revolution underway, African policymakers must start building a pipeline of the right skills for the Future of Work.Sub-Saharan Africa has been the second-fastest growing region...
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Thaddeus Burns: Implement the Global Trade Deal Quickly to Maximize its...
The revised Information Technology Agreement represents a significant win for public health, but tariffs should be reduced quickly to maximize the potential benefits for people around the world.When...
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How to Unlock African Entrepreneurship — Interview with Dr. Frannie Léautier...
Dr. Frannie Léautier outlines how to unlock the “huge pent-up demand for financing of entrepreneurs” and infrastructure in Africa, in the second of a two-part interview.Innovation is on the march...
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Shari Berenbach: What’s Holding Back Africa’s Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs?
With 600 million Africans hungry for electricity, off-grid energy is poised to take off — if local entrepreneurs can get the capital they need to scale their business.Getting electricity to the 600...
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Bringing Emergency Care to Rural Populations — Interview with Dr. Rachel Moresky
With the right training, quality emergency care can be delivered to rural populations in Africa and other developing countries.In many parts of the developing world, hospitals are far away and nearby...
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Buddy Buruku: How to Cultivate Entrepreneurship in Africa
Like other Afro-preneurs, farmers must overcome a number of constraints to launching and growing a business.Armed with a Wharton MBA, fluent Chinese, years of experience, and global connections, I...
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Carl Horton: How Patents Fuel the American Dream
A strong patent system will help America continue as a global economic leader, as this video by the Partnership for American Innovation explains.Patents have pushed the U.S. economy forward by...
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Bob Schwartz: 3 Ways to Make America’s Youth More Employable
How to close the “middle skills” gap for technical-level jobs that don’t require a four-year college degree.In 2011, two colleagues and I released Pathways to Prosperity, a report focused on the...
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David Hirschmann: How Protecting IP Can Fuel Global Innovation
Amid signs that innovation is slowing, countries should commit to bolster global trade and IP protection.Albert Einstein once advised, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep...
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Building a Culture of Health — Interview with Nancy Barrand
Well beyond the scope of traditional healthcare, there are a wealth of factors that help determine whether we will lead healthy lives.A home free of toxic chemicals, a healthy diet, an early education...
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Richard Soley: The Key to Developing the Industrial Internet? Standards
Industrial machines equipped with advanced analytics have the potential to transform economic growth and innovation — if they can work together.The Industrial Internet is quickly grabbing the attention...
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Marco Annunziata: The New Industrial Revolution — There’s an App for That
The industrial app economy will spur innovation by enabling a more seamless environment for people and machines to work smarter and more efficiently together.We live in a world of apps. They have...
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Can Big Data Prevent Epidemics? — Interview with Carlo Ratti of the MIT...
Big Data holds the potential to revolutionize healthcare — improving care, reducing costs, even alerting us to the threat of epidemics before they occur.What if we could predict disease? That long...
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David Sandalow: Is the Paris Climate Conference Already a Success?
From President Obama to the Pope, there are growing signs of consensus for tackling climate change at a global scale.This has been a big summer for climate diplomacy. So big, the 21st annual Conference...
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Ed Youdell and Stacey Jarrett Wagner Talk: Big Data Vs Small Data — Which is...
A conversation on new tools for the workforce of the future. Ed: Stacey, what do you know about Big Data?Stacey: The last time I had a Big Data was my high school prom.Ed: Not that kind of data!...
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Scott Andes: Why Who Pays for University Research Matters
Universities can help the U.S. remain competitive by designing research agendas that are relevant to private companies and their local economies.With the best university system in the world, academic...
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