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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…

Great HBR article on when it comes to your network, bigger is not better. Instead, *bridging* is better. http://bit.ly/qYOBkK

Another great example of a boundary crosser, from the worlds of science and art: ScriptPhD.com. One of the most interesting blogs I’ve seen in a long time, written by a fellow Northwestern alumna.