Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

C.K. Prahalad: The New Age of Innovation

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

C.K. Prahalad will be speaking on the topic, “The Future of Innovation: On Customers, Needs, Global Resources and Value Creation.”

C.K. Prahalad is one of the most influential experts in corporate strategy. Globally well-known for his contribution to strategic thinking and considered one of the 10 leading gurus on strategy and business, he is a distinguished professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is also the author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid and co-author (with Gary Hamel) of Competing for the Future.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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The Future

AI is now designing chips for AI

AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.

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The Present

Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control

“The evolution of digital media makes stricter regulation of online behavior not only feasible but inevitable,” writes media ecologist Andrey Mir.

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The Present

Is this the biggest industrial espionage campaign in history?

The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.

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Business

Inside the world’s most important company

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

5 proven CEO strategies for riding any wave of innovation

The successful tactics of big-name leaders — including Bob Iger, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella — reveal key approaches to innovation.

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