Moonshot Thinking

What is Moonshot Thinking? Moonshot thinking is a type of creative problem-solving approach that involves setting ambitious, seemingly impossible goals and working to achieve them. The term "moonshot" refers to the

How to Build with Clay… and Community

Presentation video description from TED: Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture… He wanted to go home to Gando in

Body Parts on a Chip

Presentation video description from TED: It's relatively easy to imagine a new medicine, a better cure for some disease. The hard part, though, is testing it, and that can delay

Government — Investor, Risk-taker, Innovator

Lecture video description from TED: Why doesn’t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector — the “real revolutionaries” — innovate? It’s rhetoric you hear

How Do Economies, And Individuals, Thrive?

Description of Milken Institute Video: November 6, 2013 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. RAND Corporation How do economies, and individuals, thrive? It's largely a matter of values and motivations, in the view

Disruptors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Description of Milken Institute Video: Speakers: Joe Cerrell, Director, Europe and Middle East, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ryan Kavanaugh, Founder and CEO, Relativity Media Nanxi Liu, CEO, Enplug, Inc.; Founder, Nanoly Bioscience Geoff

Milken Institute Video: How Improved Health and Longer Lives Drive Global Prosperity

Improvements in health that have given us longer, more productive lives are also responsible for as much as half of the world economy's expansion over the last two centuries. This panel will explore innovations in public health, research and medical care that are improving our productivity and economic outlook as well as our vitality.