At BIF, we have come to understand the conditions that enable institutions to explore and test new business models. We also understand why leaders fail at it.

Over the last few years, I had the pleasure and honor of partnering with the leadership at Children’s Health, a pediatric health care system in Dallas Texas, to successfully navigate this journey.

The newest and most dangerous island in the world is about to get a robotic sentinel. Since bursting to life 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo in 2013, a massive marine volcano called Nishinoshima has erupted dozens of times, spewing red-hot lava that engulfed a neighboring island. As the volcano has grown, so has the risk it represents to 2,500 people living on the nearby Japanese archipelago of Ogasawara.

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If ever there was a Valley cliché overdue for retirement, it’s our cherished narrative around “disruption.” You know the story: Well funded Startup is attacking this or that Huge Market where Big Dumb Incumbent is failing to Innovate. Our hero the Startup, being far more nimble, efficient, and tech savvy, is Destined to Eat the Incumbent’s Lunch.

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Tech entrepreneur Bob Tinker goes over what he calls the “Founder Oath,” which consists of several pledges: to separate ego from the business, to always serve the company and the team, and to acknowledge that clashes among co-founders can kill a startup. The fourth promise states, “If the company is fortunate enough to grow beyond me, I will step aside gracefully for the good of the mission.”

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A panel of Stanford alumni who have gone on to entrepreneurial careers tell STVP Faculty Co-Director Tina Seelig what leadership means to them. Some of the most important traits identified by the panelists include taking responsibility for actions and consequences, leading by example and empowering others through trust, and being able to let go and depend on your team.

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Derek Belch, co-founder and CEO of Strivr Labs, explains how clear direction and communication counters human tendency toward hesitation and inertia. He also describes his openness with employees about all aspects of the business and how such transparency builds trust and a sense of belonging among those who work from a distance.

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Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta with a metropolitan population of 1,214,839, making it the largest city in Alberta, and the third-largest municipality in Canada. Their citizens trend younger with an average age of 36 years and represent a diverse cross-section of cultures with 28% visible minorities, and growing.

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We recently looked at some of the issues around millennial engagement and retainment, and wondered if intrapreneurship is the answer to the millennial problem.

By investing in intrapreneurship programs and in an intrapreneurial culture, companies increase their chances of attracting and retaining the millennial talent they need to drive innovative change within their organizations.

But what’s the millennial perspective? We spoke with two millennial intrapreneurs, Tucker Matheson from PwC and Samantha Klein from IBM, to gather their thoughts on the topic.

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Even though heat and sound are both forms of energy, when you were a kid, you probably didn’t need to be told not to speak in thermal convection. And each time your children come across a stray animal, they likely don’t have to self-consciously rehearse a subroutine of zoological attributes to decide whether it’s a cat or a dog. Human beings come pre-loaded with the cognitive gear to simply perceive these distinctions.

Ever since EQ published our ecosystem map as a printed infographic a couple of years ago, we have received great feedback. People have told us they hang it on their office walls for reference and print and share it in meetings or presentations. Seeing the response to our map and ITEN’s map, it’s not surprising to us that the Kauffman Foundation has said that mapping your startup ecosystem is a strategy to strengthen it.

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A single job can serve as a watermark for an entire time period. Where would the Renaissance be without its artists? Or the Industrial Revolution without its coal miners? What says “World War II” better than Rosie the Riveter? Fifty years from now, when we think back to 2017, we probably won’t wax poetic about our president's Attorney General pick, or the musicians who were caught lip syncing on national TV. Instead, we’ll talk about the everyday people who worked to shape our future. And we'll have plenty to choose from.

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Anyone attempting to lead change in an organization knows to expect some resistance. Change is not a rational process; no matter how positive the future you are creating, it’s natural for humans to struggle with it.

Such resistance is no less frustrating for being predictable. At times, it can seem that all that stands between you and your goals are a few naysayers and whiners. And to those on a mission, such reactions can seem like putting one’s head in the sand. “The old business is not coming back,” one CEO told me. “We have to innovate or we will die.”

Follow the progress of the collaborative Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus from its formulation in 2002 to today and its significant positive social and economic impact on our community and beyond. Learn more at bnmc.org.

A 2-day international spring course in Barcelona on 9-10 March 2017 with an optional social programme on 8 March

Universities are increasingly aware of their ability to serve and develop the region from which it evolved. Partnerships between universities and regions now often take place on a joint strategic level. Taking this into account, indicators for demonstrating impact are becoming increasingly important for both universities and regional innovation policymakers. The mission of the AESIS Network is to develop international standards for measuring impact, whilst keeping in mind that all regions are different.

Abu Dhabi’s diversification strategy rests in part on laying the seeds of future industries overseas while preparing for their reception at home.

Economic diversification has long been a top priority for resource-based economies. From Canada to Australia, economic diversification away from natural resource dependency continues to occupy the minds of policymakers. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no different in this regard. The country has various economic vision strategies and plans all aimed at changing the industrial and economic structures of the economy. However, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, a new economic diversification policy experiment has been underway for some time now. Through a government investment arm called Mubadala, Abu Dhabi has pursued a diversification strategy that turns economic development models upside down.

Pig embryos that had been injected with human stem cells when they were only a few days old began to grow organs containing human cells, scientists reported on Thursday, an advance that promises — or threatens — to bring closer the routine production of creatures that are part human and part something else.

These human-pig “chimeras” were not allowed to develop past the fetal stage, but the experiment suggests such creations could eventually be used to grow fully human organs for transplant, easing the fatal shortage of organs: 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for lifesaving transplants, but every day two dozen die before they get them.

Digital tools and data analysis have already transformed the way health is monitored, diagnosed, predicted, and improved.

On February 7-8, 2017, at Stanford University, provocative scientists and technologists will lead discussions on AI for diagnosis and predictive health, adaptive medicine, novel sensors, digital pharma companions, brain computer interfaces, robotics, VR/AR/mixed reality, machine learning, computer vision, text analysis and crowd intelligence in healthcare, breakthrough surgical and diagnostic techniques, data analysis for optimized treatment – and other topics driving the “health sensor revolution.”

Silicon Valley exports technology and imports the world’s best talent. That is how it has helped grow the nation’s economy and boosted its competitive advantage. President Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from some Muslim countries sent shock waves through the tech industry over the weekend because it was a loud and clear message to the world that the United States’ doors are now closed, and xenophobia and bigotry are the new rules of law.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — In a unique collaboration, a concurrent degree program featuring Penn State Harrisburg’s master of business administration and the Penn State College of Medicine’s doctorate in biomedical sciences allows students to get on a fast track to jobs that combine scientific research with positions of management responsibility. The concurrent program gives students an edge in a highly competitive field by providing them with a foundation in management in addition to specialization in biomedical science.

As population growth increases the need to ramp up food production, tech startups are creating a range of agricultural software, services, farming techniques, and more aimed at bringing more data and efficiency to the sector.

We used CB Insights data to identify more than 80 private companies in agriculture tech and categorized them into eight main categories.