Posts by Carol Ross

The 10th anniversary of 9/11 has given a collective pause to our fast forward society.  The reflections range from the scope of the tragedy and how it changed the world to whether we are any safer today to individual recollections of a day that no one can forget.  It's triggered in me a reminder of…

Lately, I've been thinking and writing about entrepreneurship. Not so much in terms of how I define wisdom entrepreneurs in this blog, but in terms of individuals taking the journey of building something from nothing, to meet a need.   It's fascinating to see the different faces.  This is the first of three posts about…

This past summer, I “hit the wall” and decided to take time off.  I gave myself one month to rejuvenate.  I fully intended to return to work to a full slate of business appointments and projects that had been waiting to be moved forward.  But things rarely go as planned. Instead of being back in…

In this Wall Street Journal article, the author makes the case for why educated professionals who come from other countries (yes, these definitely would be boundary crossers) help keep our economy healthy. Photo by ElvertBarnes. Key points: Immigrants make up a larger percentage, proportionally, of patents and co-founders of Silicon Valley companies. Foreign students are…

Love this quote from Julio Ottino, Dean of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University: "I believe that finding new things requires a prepared mind, and a prepared mind is being aware, consciously or not, of surroundings.  The most spectacular ideas happen when someone sees connections between two different fields that…