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Stacey Jarrett Wagner: Help Wanted — Ensuring the Success of Regional Collaborations

Stacey Jarrett Wagner The Jarrettwagner Group
December 04, 2014
At a recent conference near Washington, D.C., the sound of deflation was palpable. No, this was not a financial conference; it was focused on closing America’s skills gap.
 

Talk of these stubborn gaps often takes my breath away, because the country has worked so hard since the Great Recession to grow jobs and the economy. Conference hotels should provide oxygen tanks for meeting participants seeking to solve the skills gap problem.
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David C. Chavern: Ideas May Strike Like Lightning, but Innovation Must Be Cultivated

David C Chavern U S Chamber Of Commerce
December 03, 2014
The idea for an invention or a new technology may strike unexpectedly, but innovation — putting those ideas to work in our society and our economy — is no accident. It doesn’t just happen. It must be cultivated. It requires the right elements, working in concert.
 

At the national level, we can and must do more to foster innovation. It will keep our economy humming, our businesses competitive and hiring, our manufacturers producing, our standard of living rising and our wages high.

There are five essential ingredients for innovation:
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Raghu Krishnamoorthy: The Most Valuable Currency

Raghu Krishnamoorthy GE
November 21, 2014
What’s the most critical currency in today’s global economy? Jobs.
 
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Marco Annunziata: How Interconnectedness Is Creating a New Kind of Industrial Company

Marco Annunziata GE
October 09, 2014
The convergence of the digital and the physical world spurred by the Industrial Internet and augmented by Advanced Manufacturing and the Global Brain is bringing a profound transformation to industry.
 

A connected device or machine becomes something entirely new. Think of the multiple roles that smartphones play in our everyday lives; or how cars are turning into communication and navigation platforms with an increasing degree of autonomy. The same revolution is underway in industry.
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Marco Annunziata: Innovation Can Deliver Skills for MENAT Region’s Future

Marco Annunziata GE
September 29, 2014
One of the most striking results of the GE 2014 Global Innovation Barometer is the extent to which the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region (MENAT) is ready to embrace innovation.
 
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The Future of Work Starts Now

Marco Annunziata GE
Stephan Biller GE
April 03, 2014
There is a new industrial revolution taking place all around us, transforming the way we make things and changing what our products can do. Technological advances are poised to accelerate productivity growth and deliver substantial economic benefits. These advances will redefine the competitive landscape and improve our everyday lives through momentous changes in sectors like health care, energy, and transportation.
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