innovation

The Next IdeaIn his recent op-ed piece in the Financial Times, “Europe is a continent that has run out of ideas,” Economics Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps…

The Next Idea Innovation is at the center of Detroit’s inclusive recovery. Yet this word “innovation” is used so often that its meaning tends to get a…

The Next Idea“We never know where the next big innovation is going to come from.” That’s a common phrase we hear over and over, and it is true. Yet rarely…

The Next IdeaThis summer, as the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise hits movie theaters, we’ll be confronted with a larger-than-life,…

The Next IdeaEvery American family has a genesis story about how they came to be in this country: escaping a cruel despot, searching for elusive riches,…

The Next IdeaThe success of Michigan’s future economy will rely on more of our children engaging with science and technology. Their personal futures will…

The Next IdeaInnovation is a big word. I must confess I haven’t given it much thought in more than a decade, since I was in the last semester of my MBA…

The Next IdeaIt can often be difficult to imagine just how much the latest innovations will truly affect our lives. The smartphone’s contributions, for…

The Next IdeaMost descriptions of innovation end up in overreaching hyperbole: groundbreaking, disruptive, radical. This shouldn’t surprise anyone because…

The Next IdeaThe early history of the Michigan economy is a study in diversity: fur trading, lumbering, furniture making, dairy and fruit farming, salt…