Globalization and digitization are making physical location less and less significant to human experience. Are we building a world where there is no “there” there? How will we know what [...]
Don’t lose the beat
On May 2-5, top user-experience designers from around the nation will gather in New Orleans for UX for Good, where they’ll solve a big challenge for the common good. In [...]
Raise the roof
On May 2-5, top user-experience designers from around the nation will gather in New Orleans for UX for Good, where they’ll solve a big challenge for the common good. In [...]
Get inside the space
Globalization and digitization are making physical location less and less significant to human experience. Are we building a world where there is no “there” there? How will we know what [...]
Don’t pin down the entrepreneur
We’re all pretty sure we want more entrepreneurs in our society. But attempts to get at the essence of the word “entrepreneur” frequently fall short; it’s tough to adequately define [...]
Propose a new value
Law is one of great positive achievements of human beings. It makes possible or multiplies much of the value created by other social structures, from companies to government to families. [...]
Read for the unknown
The Unknown. At first brush, it sounds like the province of philosophers or priests. But entrepreneurs, and particularly people in the technology sector, have to deal with issues of the [...]
Set the sector free
Simply to survive, non-profits often have to balance the considerations of foundations, the private sector, and the state. All three types of institutions frequently come up in Labs; in fact, [...]
Give up your frame
Third World waste-pickers and global brands. Contemporary artists and financial services. If you have a Manichean worldview, you might think there is no way these disparate groups could come together [...]
Embrace the limits of shape
Globalization and digitization are making physical location less and less significant to human experience. Are we building a world where there is no “there” there? How will we know what [...]