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Shaka Senghor’s TED talk: Why your worst deeds don’t define you

March 23, 2015

In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, “a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol.” Jailed for second-degree murder, that could very well have been the end of the story. But…

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Nick Gogerty: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 7, 2015

Nick is the author of The Nature of Value: How to Invest in the Adaptive Economy (Columbia University Press 2014) and was involved in a technical confidential project with one of the world’s largest global macroeconomic hedge funds. He lectures…

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Platforms Are Not Created Equal: Harnessing the Full Potential of Platforms

August 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by John Hagel for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Platforms are becoming increasingly central to business value creation. Yet, not…

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The Startup Man: A Conversation With Joi Ito

September 15, 2011

Here is a portion of Gregory Mone’s conversation with Joi Ito, featured online by The Atlantic magazine. To read the complete conversation, please click here. *     *     * After a wide-ranging career in business and as a leading public intellectual on…

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Good Ideas! Steven Johnson, Atul Gawande, David Edwards, and Neri Oxman at 2010 Boston Book Festival

November 25, 2010

The Boston Book Festival, which took place October 16, 2010, put on some exceptional panel discussions. One of the most interesting featured four folks who individually could have taken up all the time on their own. The discussion was emceed…

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