Archives for blog topic “innovation”

What policy initiatives are needed to help manufacturing, a foundation of the US economy, prosper? Jared Bernstein, former principal economic advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden, and Grant D. Aldonas, former under secretary of commerce for international trade under George W.

Filed in Blog Topics: Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century, innovation

"We talk about innovation, but it has sort of become a buzzword, rather than something that’s deeply explored," said Institute President Walter Isaacson at a June 6 roundtable on "The Innovation Economy." To explore beyond the buzz, Fast Company Articles Editor and author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner joined Isaacson and se

Filed in Blog Topics: innovation, Bell Labs

Last Friday the Aspen Health, Biomedical Science and Society Program, joined by WellPoint, Inc., released a new report on Reinventing Health Care: The Barriers to Innovation. Watch the full event online, download the agenda and learn more about the event and the speakers. Watch the keynote address from Dr. Sam Nussbaum, chief medical officer, WellPoint, Inc:

Filed in Blog Topics: innovation, Aspen Health Stewardship, reinventhc