Migration and Silicon Valley: Who is coming? Who is going?
Skilled arrivals from outside the United States are powering the Valley’s economy more than ever before.
U.S.-imposed tariffs on Chinese imports threaten California’s innovation economy
Unfair trade practices and the rise of a global tech competitor deserve a thoughtful response. But tariffs against China threaten California’s tech industry.
The Broadening Reach of the Innovation Economy
It turns out that what’s good for Silicon Valley is good for America.
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Saving Lives and Livelihoods: How AI is changing the game for natural disasters and urban resilience Since 1970, the number of disasters worldwide has more than quadrupled to around 400 per year. In the last 40 years, natural disasters have…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Digital mastery. We are at a critical inflection point for the future of business. Digital is reshaping every sector, and industrials know they need to own the productivity of their assets in order to succeed. This is especially true in…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Inclusive Intelligence: The digital economy can fix the problems it creates. As folks know in Silicon Valley, the digital economy is great for the one percent, but most Americans can’t keep up. Many here are promoting universal basic income (UBI)…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Making the World of Work Better for People. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the App Store. It is hard to overstate the impact of smartphones and apps. In an astonishingly short time, this personal cloud-based technology platform has…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
How business can (and must) help close the hiring gap. Around the globe and here in Silicon Valley, economies are threatened by an ever-widening gap between available jobs and workers with the right skills, especially in tech. Half a million…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Liberal Arts. Every trend has a counter trend. U.S. STEM education is certainly not adequate. And coders are needed like rain in the desert: the growth today in software majors doesn’t seem…
Game Changers 2019 – Essay Series
Beyond Things: Putting people and experiences first In the cloud era, when there’s nearly limitless capacity to create and deliver technology features, too often companies forget the most important feature of all: the human experience. Now I’m not talking about…