Council on Competitiveness
CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders working to ensure U.S. prosperity.

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Council on Competitiveness Huffington Post: The Clean Energy Bank, first proposed by the Council on Competitiveness and now-Secretary Steven Chu, is "essential" for President Obama's agenda: http://bit.ly/11QMAR

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The Clean Energy Bank is essential to deliver on President Obama's mandate to "make sure that we are investing in what's required for long term growth."
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Joel Leonard

Joel Leonard As we invest billions to convert bleeding edge ideas into cutting edge results, lets not forget to polish the rusty edge of technologies that sustain us today.

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Council on Competitiveness Ryan Chin: How do you build a better car? Reinvent the wheel -- literally. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Now at #sois: MIT's Ryan Chin on sustainability and innovation.

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Council on Competitiveness Cory Ondrejka: networks should be semi-permeable to allow for collusion and idea-sharing, which -> innovation. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Klaus Hoehn: Innovation should be the next man on the moon. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Lou Anna Simon: it's not about managing innovation, it's about lowering the barriers. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Panel at #sois on high-level innovation with Klaus Hoehn, Cory Ondrejka, Jim Phillips, Lou Anna Simon. Moderator: Ray Johnson

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Council on Competitiveness Live feed from State of Innovation Summit: bit.ly/nJlbK

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Council on Competitiveness E.O. Wilson: within 10-20 yrs, ALL of human knowledge will be freely available to everyone. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness E.O. Wilson: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, godlike tech. What's the solution? #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Dan Mote: Innovation is a culture, not a thing. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness David Shaw: high-performance computer simulations used on flight pattern of Pringles during packaging process #sois

Joel Leonard

Joel Leonard Since the current speaker does not want to waste a crisis- here is another major crisis we need to address: http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?v=an96iy04

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Council on Competitiveness Current panel at #sois: looking at problems through science with David Shaw, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, Dan Mote, and E.O. Wilson.

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Council on Competitiveness Speaking now at #sois: Sendhil Mullainathan from Harvard, on poverty and socially useful innovation.

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Council on Competitiveness Geoffrey West: networks are important because of their connections, not the nodes. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Ray Orbach: high-performance computing leads directly to advances in business and innovation. Ex: Dreamworks' animation capabilities #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Live webcast of State of Innovation Summit: bit.ly/nJlbK

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Council on Competitiveness Julie Lasky: We need to show how design changes the world. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness RT @chadevans1019 #sois : Antonelli/MoMA, Kotchka/P&G, Fry/ @seedmag & Lasky/Change Observer -- Design activists!

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Council on Competitiveness Next panel at #sois: how design can inform public policy. Moderator: MOMA's Paola Antonelli

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Council on Competitiveness Neri Oxman is working on "breathable glass," which creates ventilation w/o opening windows #sois

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Council on Competitiveness MIT's Neri Oxman showing how her career went from "you can't do that" to "let's build it!" at #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Chad Holliday: innovation is a profession. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness Answer from Chad Holliday: high-level staff focus on product design as part of innovative breakthroughs #sois

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Council on Competitiveness 1st ? from the floor @ #sois: how important is design as a function of innovation?

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Council on Competitiveness Wayne Clough: manufacturing is a vital part of innovation. Nanotechnology as ex. #sois

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Council on Competitiveness At #sois: what are the prospects for the U.S. as a leader in innovation?

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Council on Competitiveness First panel at #sois: Council chairman Chad Holliday and Smithsonian sec Wayne Clough. How does innovation's history affect current work?