Jasmine Crowe, who'll speak at Techonomy's Half Moon Bay, Calif., conference, has developed an ambitious solution to food waste and hunger. More
Business Innovation Sustainable Development Goals
Meet the Entrepreneur Disrupting the Food Industry – for Good
Business Innovation Startup Culture
How ‘Super Evolution’ Can Upend Any Industry
In an exclusive interview, Innovation Endeavors partner Harpi Singh unpacks the “super evolution” theory, a bold new approach to investing. He’ll also speak at Techonomy’s Half Moon Bay, Calif., retreat. More
Business Community Insights Innovation
How Should Business + Tech Reset + Restore Itself?
We asked some of our community’s smartest minds – including some of the people who'll be at our next retreat – to answer this big, complicated question. Here’s some of what we found. More
Community Insights Inclusion Innovation
How to Fix Tech’s–and Venture Capital’s–Diversity Problem
An innovation executive explains how--and why--we should be as diligent about fixing tech's diversity/inclusion problems as we are in triaging failing products. More
Community Insights Cryptocurrency Innovation
What’s Holding Back Cryptocurrencies?
Technology goes through four steps on the path to adoption: innovation, the entrance of risk takers, rejection by the establishment, and the eventual distribution of trust. Here’s how this framework applies to cryptocurrencies. More
What Past Innovations Can Teach Us About the Future
Historical sources provide clues and insights into how to understand the socio-technical systems of today, and tomorrow. More
Business Healthcare Innovation
In U.S. Health Care, New Approaches to Wellness Take Shape
The new shift incentivizes doctors to focus on preventative health care—keeping patients healthy, so they only visit clinics when necessary. And the shift is changing how doctors work. More
Community Insights Innovation Leadership
The Keys to Managing Business Inflection Points
In an excerpt from her new book, the Columbia University Business School professor shares key, actionable insights on how executives can successfully navigate disruption and change. More
Cryptocurrency Finance Innovation
Money’s Evolution is Built on Trust. Can Crypto Follow?
In a new essay, the authors explain why cryptocurrencies represent one of the most powerful evolutions in money--and it's mainly being driven by trust. More
Community Insights Design Innovation
Want Innovation? Elevate Design and Engineering
For too long, companies have treated design and engineering as distinct disciplines. One executive explains why it’s time for that to change. More
Community Insights Innovation Jobs
If We Survive, Human Work Will Be Endless
Prevailing wisdom presumes robots will threaten human labor. But if we survive global extinction, we could emerge into a world of endless jobs, focused on art, health, and love. More
China’s Pioneering Consumer Tech Businesses
The Chinese web has evolved beyond just copying Facebook, YouTube and Google, to innovating its own mobile-first digital platforms and ways of making money. More
Community Insights Innovation Security & Privacy
3 Urgent Principles for Future-Proofing Infrastructure
Improving America’s physical and digital infrastructure must be treated as a matter of national security, writes Cisco’s former chairman and CEO. More
Cryptocurrency Finance Innovation
Money–Mankind’s Greatest Innovation
This story kicks off Techonomy's original series about the evolution of money. More
This App Helps Politics Make Sense
Meet a group of digital entrepreneurs whose product is helping boost civic literacy--a critical effort a time when one-third of Americans can't name a single branch of government. More
E-Commerce Innovation Tech & Society
How to Understand China’s Social E-Commerce Giant
If you're interested in e-commerce, pay attention to rapidly-growing Pinduoduo--a Chinese fusion of elements that call to mind Costco, Disneyland, and QVC. More
3 Transformation Lessons from a Chief Digital Officer
Our author explains why a successful digital strategy is about transforming the business’ core, at scale, and so much more. More
Business Innovation Partner Insights
How Companies Can Close the Digital Maturity Gap
To stay competitive, organizations must simultaneously succeed in both the old analog world of linear processes—and the new world of dynamic, results-oriented collaboration. More
Smart Cities Need Smart Mayors
Techonomy's CEO recently met with the mayors of two big U.S. cities to discuss how technology can help drive inclusive growth. Here are some takeaways from those conversations. More
How Microsoft is Tackling Homelessness in Seattle
Seattle’s economy is booming, thanks partly to tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon. Now, Microsoft is launching a program that may help alleviate the region's affordable housing crisis. More
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