Disruption
July 30, 2017
Innovation hubs are becoming more protective than innovative
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman spoke this past May at the Tech Alliance luncheon in Seattle, and something he said got me thinking about Silicon Valley – and all innovation hubs — in a different way.
April 10, 2017
How early do girls decide math isn’t for them?
Andrew Meltzoff, the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair in Psychology and co-director of the University of Washington Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS), was interviewed recently by Southern California Public Radio on the topic of boys, girls, and math anxiety.
March 10, 2017
How to stamp out fake news? Innovate the attention economy
Sareeta Amrute, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UW Vikram Jandhyala, UW VP of Innovation Strategy and Executive Director of CoMotion The topic of “fakenews” is of course in the news (real or fake!). Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department, Sareeta Amrute, is interested in understanding the fake news problem from a sociological viewpoint. It appears that the top technology…
February 2, 2017
Exploring Inclusive Solutions to Disruption
Ken Denman made the stakes plain right from the start. “Innovation never sleeps,” he said. “Nobody is safe.” Denman is a venture partner with Sway Ventures. He was speaking to more than 200 people in Kane Hall as part of a panel for the fifth in a series of CoMotion Innovation Chats. Joining him were Ana…
March 7, 2016
Making disruption a force for good
President Ana Mari Cauce, writing in the March 2016 edition of Columns, said the UW’s commitment to the public good aligns with its ranking as the most innovative public university in the world.
