1993: The year of grunge music, the introduction of Pentium chips and "Sleepless in Seattle." It was also the last time the U.S., Mexico and Canada signed a comprehensive trade agreement. This year, Congress has an opportunity to ratify a…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…