entrepreneurship
Video: Eric Ries Talks To Beth Comstock About Entrepreneurship In The Age Of Uncertainty
Build a management system that embraces entrepreneurship and uncertainty, counsels business management guru Eric Ries in a video interview with GE's Beth Comstock.
We're in an age when just about every new commercial enterprise proudly touts itself as a startup. But the fact is that a startup means something more than a company that has recently opened for business. It is shorthand for an ethos that the organization holds dear: speed, flexibility, a willingness to be daring and experiment.
Intelligent cities
Unleashing Urban Innovation: Smart City 2.0
We are witnessing the dawn of digitized, intelligent cities, where sensors are being deployed to monitor air quality, infrastructure health, traffic and even available parking spots. If this new layer of data is to help citizens realize a better quality of life, officials must show leadership in deploying the technology and helping people use it.
There’s a big shift coming in the Smart City movement that will reshape our cities and create economic opportunities for decades to come.
Water
Danger and Opportunity in the Coming Water Crisis
Education
Their Toolbox Runneth Over: Training Key To Bridging Africa's Skills Gap
Sustainable economic growth in Africa will only be achieved by providing workforces around the continent with the skills they need to compete in the modern world. Preparing people for work in the continent's rapidly expanding information and communication technology sector requires using digital education platforms like MOOCs, data transportability tools and wireless telecommunications.
Africa
Podcast: 6 Questions African Leaders Must Answer Now
Diversifying developing economies require a social compact, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, explains in a CGD podcast.
Cared for by her grandmother in a village in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is emphatic that her experiences as a child are what led her into a career in public service and development.
“I lived some of the issues that people are concerned about in development,” she explains in a Center for Global Development podcast.
3D Printing
MakerBot CEO Says 3D Printing Is Spurring Invention
Desktop 3D printing is empowering a world of innovators by enabling those without formal design or engineering skills to find solutions to their own problems.
At the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., surgeons and scientists are exploring whether they can replace patients' damaged or diseased windpipes with customized ones grown in the lab.
women
No Girls Allowed? A Computer Scientist Crushes Gender Assumptions
Female role models in traditionally male-dominated technical fields like computer science can help others overcome feelings of loneliness, intimidation and unworthiness. Without this support, these industries will continue to suffer from a lack of diverse opinion and qualified employees.
Education
A New Model For Growing The Next Generation Of African Leaders
The glue that will cement Africa's rising prosperity is good leadership, which demands robust education institutions. A new model is needed to develop efficient higher education policies and systems.
development
More Than 1 Billion People Live Without Electricity. Here's How We Turn Their Lights On
5 Recommendations to Make Modern Energy Access Meaningful for People and Prosperity
Energy is fundamental to modern life, but 1.3 billion people around the world live without access to “modern electricity.” But what does that mean exactly? The current definition is a mere 100 kilowatt-hours kWh per person per year for urban areas — or enough to power a single lightbulb for five hours per day and keep a mobile phone charged — and half as much in rural areas.
Aerospace
Pilot Jessica Cox Was Born Without Arms. But Flying Gave Her More Than Wings
I was born without arms. And with all that I have been able to do without them, I can honestly say that today, if given the choice, I would not want the arms.
I was born without arms and despite that challenge, managed to live a full life — I am able to dress myself, eat by myself, drive a car on my own, engage in sports and martial arts, run my own business, and enjoy a wonderful marriage to my husband, Patrick. I am able to do the necessary activities of daily life and even typing out this blog with just my feet.