University of Reimagination (Part 3)

I consider the special task force at MIT that I described in Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series to be a special event, mainly because it could affect all of education in multiple (and tangible) ways. It shows real leadership vision. For my final post in this...

University of Reimagination (Part 1)

MIT has just launched a bold, brave and public initiative to reimagine what the university could be in seven years. This is the kind of nextsensing initiative that so many public and private enterprises desperately need to do but either (a) don’t know it, or (b)...

Is anyone safe from the future?

The Economist is one of the best-written journals published. And while it skews toward a conservative bent, it doesn’t shy away from taking on BIG questions. The cover story from the January 12 issue is a good example. “Innovation pessimism: Has the ideas machine...