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Boundary Crosser in Action: Julio Ottino, watch these videos for an nice summary of what boundary crossers can see that others can’t see, http://bit.ly/mOrf2f

Got a kick out of this article on engineering students mixing it up with the arts: http://bit.ly/qVryTf . Five years ago, I suggested to the Dean of Engineering at Northwestern that engineering students could benefit from taking classes in the theatre dept. I guess timing is everything…

This is the second in a three-part series of postings about entrepreneurs I've met this year. Alex White is 24 years old, a recent graduate of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).  I interviewed Alex and his two co-founders, Samir Rayani and David Hoffman,  from Next Big Sound as part of an…

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…