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[https://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/160394967/3-clues-to-how-geography-fuels-innovation by Jessica Stoller-Conrad 5/9/12 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/160394967/3-clues-to-how-geography-fuels-innovation by Jessica Stoller-Conrad 5/9/12 npr] | ||
The image of the lone genius toiling in isolation, finally emerging with a brilliant new concept is compelling, even romantic. Too bad it's not true. | The image of the lone genius toiling in isolation, finally emerging with a brilliant new concept is compelling, even romantic. Too bad it's not true. | ||
=====Sharing innovation and invention stories===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2019/11/sharing-invention-and-innovation-stories by PBS 21/11/19] | |||
Nataliya Smith is the study coordinator for the Biorepository Project at the Neuroscience Institute at Penn State College of Medicine, where she catalogs and recycles tissue samples leftover from operations for future research. | |||
=====How financial inclusion unlocks innovation===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2016/05/how-financial-inclusion-unlocks-innovation/ by Simon Bell 2/5/16 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
I recently attended an SME Conference in Jordan around SME Finance and Employment – extremely important issues in a troubled region. All participants agree that much more needs to be done to address the lack of jobs in the region and to increase financial access at all levels, to individuals, households and small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). | |||
=====A massive new study holds some startling insights for the age of remote work===== | |||
[https://africa.businessinsider.com/careers/a-massive-new-study-holds-some-startling-insights-for-the-age-of-remote-work/kwlrhff by BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICA] | |||
But productivity is only one measure of labor — and a limited one, at that. The quantity of work people complete on a day-to-day basis is a very different thing from the quality of that work. Output per hour tells us nothing, for instance, about innovation — whether teams are coming up with new ideas that have the potential to turn into game-changing products and services down the road. Productivity is important for running a business in the short term. Innovation determines a company's ability to survive, and thrive, in a changing economy over time. | |||
=====Should we bank on innovation to hold back global heating? History says it’s a risky bet===== | |||
[https://ensia.com/notable/climate-change-models-technology-innovation/ by Andrew Urevig 2/9/20 ensia] | |||
Many climate activists, driven in part by the youth movements of Gen Z, are joining major scientific bodies in calling for economic and social transformation, while other onlookers are hoping for “moonshot” technology to step in as climate “savior.” | |||
=====Integrated reporting is one way BASF connects sustainability to strategy for stakeholders — including its own employees===== | |||
[https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/integrated-reporting-is-one-way-basf-connects-sustainability-to-strategy-for/4lmhm4v#google_vignette by Julia Hood 3/5/23 BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICA] | |||
"In simple terms," said Martin Whittaker, CEO of JUST Capital, "an integrated report captures in a single place the full range of factors — strategic, operational, societal, environmental, legal, regulatory, and more — that management believes could affect the competitive and financial success of a company, now and into the future." | |||
