Mad About the Gender Gap? Don’t Lay It All on Nature.
Are there any differences between male and female brains? Yes. Male superiority in math is not one of them.
What’s a great country like the US doing with an education system like this?
The US education system is struggling to do its job and because of the financial meltdown of the last few years, education programs at all levels are experiencing more funding cuts. What does this mean for our ability to be an innovation leader in the future?
Are men and women of two different minds?
Are the brain structures of men and women the same or different? Does it matter? Here are my thoughts…. what are yours?
Think 3D movies are great? Try 3D printing!
Did you know that Boeing actually produces about 30 parts of the Dreamliner 787 using 3D printing? Have you even heard of 3D printing before?
How women use the mobile market to change the world for the better
With the spread of mobile services to remote areas devoid of internet capability, new opportunities abound. Several talks at TEDxBayArea TEDWomen related to the incredible potential of the mobile market and how women have used and can use it to improve the lives of themselves and others.
What I did in my “spare”(!) time…
The last several weeks I’ve been totally immersed in helping organize TEDxBayArea TEDWomen (designed to coincide with the first global TEDWomen event in Wash, DC). We had about 150 attendees plus an unknown number watching the livestream. Breaks were filled with energized conversations about all manner of topics. It was an exciting day. Like the Read the full article…
Scrappy Women, Confidence and Risk
Whenever I talk to women- including very successful executives and entrepreneurs- a common concern is lack of self-confidence (a condition know as the Imposter Syndrome). Lack of confidence keeps many women from taking the risks needed to move up within an organization or move out to create companies of their own. [I will be writing Read the full article…
It’s not what you know but how the flow goes…
Earlier this month I attended a TED X program where I heard John Hagel talk about his new book, Power of Pull. A basic tenet of the book is that in a world where the rate of change is forever accelerating, companies have to be willing to accept that they won’t always be able to Read the full article…
What would you do for a fat-free, vitamin enriched Klondike bar?
Scientists are already able to alter the genome at a rate much faster than was previously considered possible. I get excited thinking about the potential to provide children with healthy ice cream or pizza that is loaded with essential vitamins and anti-oxidants or potato chips that inhibit absorption of fat and balance insulin.
Through a different lens- innovatively
Listening to radio while driving to a meeting, I heard an interview with Brian May. He was co-founder and lead guitarist for Queen, the rock group known for such songs as “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You” (which May wrote). What fascinated me was not my reminiscing about my younger Read the full article…
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