Last night was the SVForum Tech Women program I organized for February. The topic: ‘Using Technology to Improve the World’. [I was going to call it ‘Using Technology to Save the World’- but thought that sounded too over-the-top; isn’t that telling…..]. The panelists were 4 women who have started and/or are heavily involved with non-profits Read the full article…
One of the greatest barriers to being innovative is reluctance to take risks. Why do people hold back? Fear of failure, looking foolish, making a mistake, being judged. This is true for both men and women. That said, women generally are more risk-averse than men. That can be useful as demonstrated during the most recent Read the full article…
A couple of days ago I got the latest issue of Fast Company. The headline story is the 50 most innovative companies. Top of the list: Nike, Amazon, & Square. I also happened to be looking at BCG’s latest report on most innovative companies. Apple, Google, & Samsung top that list. I checked out Insead’s Read the full article…
Lately I’ve been having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. Besides making me tired, I find I lose my creative edge (and my patience, I admit!). As fate would have it- I came across two articles today that were particularly timely for me. First, there was Baba Shiv’s article: The Rx for Innovation. What’s Read the full article…
One of the joys of living in Silicon Valley is the wealth of meetings and conferences available to us. Today I had the privilege of attending 2 fabulous events related to innovation. The first was Changing the Game, a day-long conference organized by Churchill Club. Then, in the evening, I attended a panel on The Read the full article…
It’s great news that’s being written about in all major business publications: Marissa Mayer, the first female engineer at Google and a very well known and respected executive of that company- is the latest CEO at Yahoo! It’s exciting on so many levels. The press has been overall favorable about the choice. Known for being Read the full article…
May 25th started with an historic moment for space flight. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule was the first commercially built vehicle to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). Assuming the mission completes successfully, with the capsule splashing back to earth loaded with cargo from the ISS, SpaceX will ferry much needed supplies and experiments to & Read the full article…
Today I read two blog posts that struck me as being similar insofar as each discussed how something seemingly negative could have a positive impact. The first was Whitney Johnson’s piece on why she was glad Sheryl Sandberg is not on the board of Facebook. My reaction in the past has been how sad it Read the full article…
I used to sign up for a lot of webinars but, over time, I found that I was not deriving enough benefit from most of them to make it worth my while. Today, I listened in on one that turned out to be a gem. The topic was “Design Thinking: Transforming Teams” presented by Bill Read the full article…
I am interested in women and innovation, particularly the intersection of the two. [I’m interviewing male and female innovators for my book on womennovation]. I’ve been surprised by how little research there has been on the topic-and how most of that has been done outside the US. Europe in general, Scandanavia in particular, is doing Read the full article…