Companies are increasingly asserting a new stakeholder mindset that includes factoring in employees, customers, and community. Corporate veterans and a pragmatic investor squared off over the tradeoffs of profits and purpose. More
Healthcare Innovation Techonomy Events The Pandemic
How Tech Innovation Fueled Johnson & Johnson’s Pandemic Response
CIO Jim Swanson on how the healthcare giant applied technology with empathy to advance human health and equality. More
Analytics & Data Healthcare Inclusion Techonomy Events
Health + Wealth Day 3: How Data is Revolutionizing Society
The final day of the Health and Wealth of America conference focused on the power of data. The pandemic forced companies to take their services virtual, and doing so led to the capture of loads of data that can enhance their businesses, and ultimately society. More
Democracy Healthcare International Affairs Techonomy Events
Health+Wealth Day 2: the Post-COVID Economy Demands More Connection
“In order to solve the human progress issues—delivery of health care, delivery of education, infrastructure, climate change—there’s no doubt in my mind, we need economic growth,” said economist and author Dambisa Moyo at the opening of the second day of the of the Health+Wealth of America conference Wednesday. In a gripping conversation with Techonomy editor-in-chief […] More
Arts & Culture Cryptocurrency Techonomy Events
NFTs: Valuable New Art Form or Financial Ploy?
On April 2, Techonomy hosted a lively, informative discussion about the fast-rising world of nonfungible tokens (NFT). An edited version of the debate is here. More
Democracy Global Tech Sustainable Development Goals Techonomy Events
Why Everything Requires “Whole of Society” Solutions
“It will require all of us to work together–and harness tech–to solve our many complex challenges.” It’s on all of us to come up with the kind of multi-stakeholder, interconnected, multi-faceted solutions we need. More
Finance Tech & Society Techonomy Events
Stock Trading Is Just the Latest Thing Social Media Has Broken
Techonomy hosted a session on “Reddit, Robinhood, and Wall Street,” which might seem unrelated to its regular coverage of how social media fanned the flames that led to the Capitol insurrection. But the imposition of a temporary circuit breaker to limit trading in GameStop by Robinhood stems from the same roots as Twitter and Facebook’s “In Case […] More
Net Giants Policy Techonomy Events
The Power of Big Tech: Where Does It Go From Here?
Twitter, Facebook, and a raft of digital platforms booted President Trump, his campaign, and many of his supporters in recent days. But should billionaire despots have such raw power? Three big tech experts gathered for a conversation on where we go from here. More
Innovation Tech & Society Techonomy Events
Big Thinkers Assess 2020 and Look Ahead
What a long strange year it’s been. What did we learn in 2020? What warning signs are flashing? And what can we expect in 2021 for the U.S., business, tech, and all of us as citizens and people? More
Inclusion, Connectedness, and Values –3 Days of Health+Wealth
Vaccines will be near-miraculous. Connecting everyone should be Biden’s top tech priority. The public looks more to business for solutions to society’s ills. Digital transformation could enable it to deliver. Social media needs an empathy infusion. America’s cities are finding new reserves of strength. Everybody needs a colonoscopy. Genomic medicine poses enormous promise. And business can decarbonize the atmosphere.. That’s a taste of what we heard in three days of intense discussion. More
Innovation Sustainable Development Goals Techonomy Events
Business Responsibility Emerges as a Major Theme at Health+Wealth Conference
William McDonough says that when they figure out their strategy, most businesses start with value and then set their goals, benchmarking financial and product targets, instead of first focusing on values. He sees a new world arising where companies have to lead with their hearts, and move from values to principles, visions, goals, strategies, tactics, […] More
Cities Democracy Techonomy Events
Health + Wealth Day 2: Cities, the Pandemic, and Understanding Donald Trump
“There is nothing in the mayor book anywhere that says how to deal with a worldwide pandemic,” Mayor Van Johnson of Savannah, Georgia told the audience at the Health+Wealth of America conference on Wednesday. He kicked off the program with Valarie McCall, Chief of Communications, Government & International Affairs for the City of Cleveland. “It’s […] More
Tech & Society Techonomy Events The Pandemic
David Agus at Health+Wealth: All Three Vaccines Keep Everyone Out of Hospital
Dr. David Agus, a USC medical school and engineering school leader, has been immersed in fighting the pandemic since January. At the Health+Wealth of America conference on Tuesday December 1, he showed enormous enthusiasm about all three of the new vaccines that are approaching approval. He told the audience that aside from their impressive efficacy […] More
He Spoke With the Wuhan Whistleblower in January
A doctor working fulltime at a national level on the pandemic. An architect aiming to decarbonize the atmosphere. A young woman who shook up Israeli politics. They all have something in common. More
What Just Happened?
The world is shifting on its axis and we're trying to figure out what comes next. While we may be a divided country in many ways, dialogue can still help us come together. More
Healthcare Techonomy Events The Pandemic
“77% of Americans Fear a New Wave of Covid”
Three-quarters of Americans are just afraid to do things like go to the movies or ride the subway. But alongside the fear have arisen some surprising new attitudes, many of them setting in globally, during this uniquely-stressful and uncertain year. More
Energy & Green Tech Sustainable Development Goals Techonomy Events
Why Only 34% of Americans Recycle
Americans don’t recycle because too often they can’t. And even communities where recycling is a deep commitment are paying a premium to do it, rather than dump it as garbage. The whole ecosystem needs to be revamped. More
Energy & Green Tech Innovation Sustainable Development Goals Techonomy Events
“It shouldn’t be up to consumers to figure out what products are safe for…the environment”
What’s the role of business in addressing the degrading environment and pushing towards more sustainability in society? In the opinion of Jenny Ahlen of the Environmental Defense Fund, plenty. “We need proactive business leadership." More
Business Government Healthcare Techonomy Events The Pandemic
Health + Wealth of America—Day Three: On the Ground in Muskegon, Learning at Ericsson, and 1-800-FLOWERS’ Pandemic Journey
Day three of Health + Wealth of America kicked off with “Voices of American Resilience,” moderated by Esther Dyson, executive founder of The Way to Wellville, a nonprofit project devoted to defining and testing models for producing community health. More
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Health + Wealth Day Two: Summers, Case, Scaramucci, & Krawcheck
To kick off day two of Health + Wealth of America, Lawrence H. Summers, president emeritus of Harvard, was interviewed by Bob Diamond, CEO of Atlas Merchant Capital. “This will be a moment historians in 2200 points back to when they look at our era,” Summers said, suggesting 2020 could be remembered like 1914, 1940, 1929 or 1776 because of how much dramatic change this year has ushered in. More
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