3 Emerging Leaders on How Women Can Change the Face of Manufacturing
Meredith Kovarik of Jabil, Chelsea Sargeant of Caterpillar and Faina Sandler of Sandvik Coromant Company discuss how women can address the challenges facing U.S. manufacturing.
K.Y. Amoako: Something New From Africa Always Comes
African entrepreneurs are applying new ideas to IT innovation in ways that could help the continent to leapfrog global competition.
The great Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote more than 2,300 years ago that “something new always comes out of Africa.” Among the stream of wonders emanating from Africa that he and his contemporaries marvelled at were new ideas and concepts.
Ralph Exton: The Age of Resilience: Building a Sustainable Water Future
With increasing global water scarcity now a given, it’s time to focus on resiliency so that we can preserve what resources we have for the long run.
Extreme weather is the world’s new normal. The same year Europe sustained an unprecedented heat wave, in 2010, Pakistan was deluged by floods. Australia endured consecutive “Angry Summers” starting in 2012, while the U.S. has been buffeted by increasingly intense hurricanes, polar vortices and several years of drought in California with no end in sight.
Jon Freedman: How Water-Starved Saudi Arabia Is Quenching Its Thirst
As demand for water increasingly outstrips supply, countries like Saudi Arabia are charting a course for sustainability with innovative water reuse policies.
Perspectives
How an MRI May Help Win the Battle Against Malaria — Q&A with Dr. Terrie Taylor
Malaria is not only preventable, but also entirely treatable. Yet the mosquito-bornedisease remains a scourge in developing countries — particularly in Africa, where nine out of 10 deaths related to malaria occur.
Blair Glencorse and Nora Rahimian: Build a Better Business Through Creative Accountability
Businesses can help to solve global challenges while remaining dynamic and profitable — by fostering a culture of accountability.
Perspectives
Driving a 3D-Printed Car Through Manufacturing — Q&A with Jay Rogers of Local Motors
From micro-manufacturing and co-creation to the first 3D-printed car, Jay Rogers is remaking the manufacturing process.
If the democratization of manufacturing is being fueled by forces such as the open-source movement and 3D printing, Jay Rogers may be sitting in the driver’s seat.
Big Harvest — How Big Data Improves Our Daily Lives
As the amount of digital information being produced expands exponentially, innovative Big Data analytical tools are finding new ways to put it to good use.
We are producing data at an ever-increasing rate. But what good is all this information if we don’t know how to analyze it and put it to productive use — to discover cures, predict maintenance failures or keep traffic flowing?
Nabil Habayeb: Powering Egypt's New Era of Growth
Nabil Habayeb, Senior Vice President GE, President & CEO, GE International Markets At GE
March 13, 2015
Even oil-rich nations need an energy boost. GE is working to provide one for Egypt.
Delivering power where it matters and when it matters has been a major challenge for policy makers across the world. Electricity fuels life and growth, and with the population continuing to increase around the globe, the demand for reliable and assured power supply is growing as well, often at exponential rates.
Corinna Lathan: Imagining an Internet of Things — and People
Machine-to-machine communication will lead to increasing automation of traditional tasks. What will this mean for the role of the worker?
Technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are already impacting our lives, but they are poised to dramatically change our lives in the future.