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Inequality negatively impacts communities and employers alike. Although many point to the “skills gap” there is another, better-hidden chasm that limits access to opportunity: a connection gap. After all, 50…
With the holiday season in full swing, minds often turn to family gatherings, festive parties – and, of course, food. But while we in developed countries take it for granted…
In the bestselling book “New Power,” Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms offer a remarkable new way to harness power in a digitally connected world.
A report by McKinsey indicates that 62 percent of executives believe they will need to either replace or retrain a quarter or more of their staff within the next five…
New to Stern: Security expert Betsy Cooper guides organizations through technological change to craft strategies for safety and stability.
NEW to Stern: Joi Ito reveals why understanding technology isn’t enough. You need a whole new perspective to survive and succeed.
Leadership is an all-encompassing challenge. These sessions will help turn problems into opportunities for personal and organizational growth.
Concerned about the future? Consider one of these 13 female trailblazers for your next meeting.
NEW to Stern: Mary Lou Jepsen has already made an impact on consumer electronics and health care; now she wants to read people’s minds.
How does your organization view communication technology? Does digital connectivity enhance human interaction, or replace it? In an op-ed for the New York Times, renowned social psychologist Sherry Turkle took…
New to Stern: Gil Weinberg’s robot musicians aren’t just entertaining. They’re transforming everything we know about human and AI creativity.
In an updated version of his acclaimed book, Mark Johnson shows companies how to capture value in new markets, and fend off disruption.
Beth Altringer shows that creating products people want depends on understanding needs and desirability.
Thomas Malone’s new book shows organizations how people and computers can accomplish far more together than either can alone.
In a powerful presentation, Hugh Herr describes how the age of the cyborg is closer – and more benign – than you might imagine.
In a New York Times editorial, Jonathan Zittrain offers preemptive solutions to the potential hacking of our everyday devices.
AI expert Rana el Kaliouby explores the marvels of modern science as co-host of PBS’ “NOVA Wonders.”
In this episode of Minds Worth Meeting, we speak with Emotion AI pioneer and CEO of Affectiva Rana el Kaliouby about her vision for equipping machines with the ability to sense human emotions.
A recent CBS “60 Minutes” segment throws open the doors of the MIT Media Lab and provides insight into the visionaries who work there.
Autonomous vehicles can still be the future. But only if their makers understand the importance of gaining the public’s trust.
Jonathan Zittrain explains how Facebook can recover public trust and build a new model of corporate responsibility.
Amy Webb’s annual Tech Trends report helps organizations in every industry prepare for the unexpected.
In this episode of Minds Worth Meeting, we speak with social media expert Jeff Hancock about the new psychology of social media.
In an interview for Forbes, robotics designer extraordinaire Dr. Ayanna Howard illuminates how robots can help people and companies.
Minds Worth Meeting converses with futurist, best-selling author and NYU Stern Professor Amy Webb, who discusses future trends and how technological change, such as the ubiquity of artificial intelligence, will impact businesses in the very near future.
Media psychologist and trust expert Jeff Hancock reveals how technology is changing the way we trust in the digital age.
VR is the next technological game-changer. Jeremy Bailenson’s new book reveals how it will revolutionize companies and humanity.
Stress is common for most people – and for some, it’s more than tension and anxiety; it leads to dangerous health problems, from heart issues to panic attacks and nervous…
Virtual reality is very close to becoming a major element of society. With its ability to alter perceptions of the real world, what implications does the emerging technology have for the future of business and society? Minds Worth Meeting chats with VR pioneer and Stanford University Professor Jeremy Bailenson, who discusses the possibilities, opportunities and dangers of using this new medium.
VR is the new frontier of human experience. VR pioneer Jeremy Bailenson’s new book explains how it works, its practical applications, and its significance for humanity.
It is inevitable that artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role in our lives. Rana el Kaliouby is ensuring that it adapts and responds to, rather than clashes with, our human emotions.
Social psychologist Dr. Sherry Turkle has spent her academic career analyzing the effects of technology on human behavior and culture, and has drawn the conclusion that our humanity is jeopardized when digital devices interfere with real human interactions. When Mattel released its newest product “Aristotle” – equipped with a camera and microphone designed to help parents occupy and educate their children – Turkle’s research helped fuel a public outcry that ultimately killed the device before it went to market…
In the November-December issue of Harvard Business Review, award-winning author and Harvard business professor, Michael E. Porter, and PTC Chief Executive, James E. Heppelmann, pen the business case for augmented reality – showing what it is, how every link in the chain, from manufacturing through sales, will reap the rewards of its application, and how converging the digital and physical worlds will enhance human capabilities, changing the business landscape forever…
Future generations will call today the beginning of a radical social, technological and economic revolution. Erik Brynjolfsson, renowned MIT professor and leading authority on how businesses can leverage emerging technologies, concludes that harnessing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) is the grand challenge for our society…
Robots are revolutionizing how humans go about their daily business. Amazon’s robotic “personal assistant,” known as “Alexa,” may be the first of the new personally relatable machines. Rachel Botsman introduced her three year-old daughter Grace to Alexa, and what ensued was an experiment in how the upcoming generation will relate to machines.
At MIT’s Center for Extreme Bionics, Professor Hugh Herr and his team of researchers are working miracles. Through his own determination and scientific prowess, Herr overcame the loss of his lower legs after a tragic 1982 climbing accident. Today, he’s abolishing the debilitating physical and neurological handicaps afflicting humanity.
A monumental wave of distrust in key institutions – government, media, business, charities – is sweeping the world. While this social transformation should bode ill for humanity and business, Rachel Botsman, author of the highly anticipated book “Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart”, says that’s not necessarily the case. Her groundbreaking book explains how we are at the start of the one of the biggest trust shifts in history – and reveals how business leaders should manage it…
Imagine a new technology that, within only a few years, revolutionized everyday life while rendering obsolete nearly all assumptions about leading companies and planning for future growth. At the beginning of the last century, that technology was electricity. Today, it’s artificial intelligence (AI)….
Take an off-the-record journey with our most recent guest, David Bell, to learn what he’d tell his 5-year-old self as well as his adolescent grocery store memories and his interesting…
In 2008, Anindya Ghose predicted the smartphone would ultimately be the most transformative consumer device – ever. Today, nearly a decade later, the foremost expert on mobile economics points to plenty of evidence proving his prediction is now reality…
In this episode, digital marketing guru, best-selling author and Wharton School professor, David Bell, talks to Minds Worth Meeting about new marketing technologies, why both an online and offline presence…
Immersive technology is having its moment. After decades of development, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) are finally catching on – with businesses. Wal-Mart’s announcement last week that it plans to make…
Technology has forever altered the leadership and business strategy landscapes, and it continues to enable disruption across nearly every industry. Surviving – and succeeding – is one of the greatest challenges managers face, and it requires not only a different mindset, but also a …
Emotions influence every aspect of our life – how we learn, communicate, make decisions. Yet, they’re missing from our digital world. The devices and apps so ingrained in our day-to-day routines have had no way of knowing how we feel. Until now…
We’re well on our way to a future of self-driving cars – but uncertainty still paves the road ahead. When a driverless car crashes, who’s at fault? And who pays for the damages? Likely not the driver…
Take an off-the-record journey with our most recent guest, Kate Darling, to hear about what she would tell her five-year-old self, the backstory on her first and worst jobs, the…
Today’s digital devices are designed to promote efficiency and responsiveness for professionals in every sector, including financial services. But MIT Professor Sherry Turkle says our “always-on,” hyper-connected state undermines relationships, creativity and productivity. And she has the research to prove it…
In this episode, leading robot ethicist and researcher at the MIT Media Lab, Kate Darling, talks to Minds Worth Meeting about AI’s role in business and how new technologies will…
The mobile economy, projected to reach $1 trillion in the U.S. by 2020, is being almost ignored by retailers and advertisers are only directing about 12% of ad revenues to mobile devices. Also sorely neglected is the the vast stream of data created by every tap on every phone. Companies don’t know how to reach people on their mobile devices, and they don’t know what they would say if they could. Fortunately, Anindya Ghose, the foremost expert on mobile economics, has designed the tools that can help your company thrive as business-to-consumer interactions increasingly shift to mobile platforms.
