Luncheon Keynote Presentations
Monday, June 8 12:45-1:30 pm
The New Models of Innovation
Steven Berlin Johnson, Author
Drawing on concepts from his influential bestsellers Emergence and The Invention of Air, Steven will address the new models of innovation and idea-sharing that are beginning to appear in social network services like Facebook and Twitter. He'll look at how these new systems relate to historical hubs of innovation -- coffeeshops and urban neighborhoods -- and explain how businesses are starting to exploit the power of social software to generate breakthrough ideas, using new tools to tap the wisdom of their employees *and* their customers.
Click below to hear Steven talk about the Web:
Steven Johnson is the best-selling author of six books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. His writings have influenced everything from the way political campaigns use the Internet, to cutting-edge ideas in urban planning, to the battle against 21st-century terrorism. He has also co-created three influential web sites: the pioneering online magazine FEED, the Webby-Award-winning community site, Plastic.com, and most recently the hyperlocal media site outside. in. Steven’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and include, most recently, The Invention of Air. Steven is a contributing editor for Wired magazine and has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and many other periodicals. He’s appeared on many high-profile television programs, including The Charlie Rose Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Tuesday, June 9 1:00-1:45 pm
Practical Wisdom
Barry Schwartz - Author of "Practical Wisdom" and "The Paradox of Choice"
Barry Schwartz, will present on the topic of his book Practical Wisdom. Practical wisdom is the master virtue essential to solving problems of specificity, relevance, and conflict that inevitably arise whenever character strengths must be translated into action in concrete situations.
Barry will demonstrate how practical wisdom is becoming increasingly difficult to nurture and display in modern society resulting in the lack of individual thinking, creativity and in some cases ultimately causing mediocrity. He will show us how businesses and social institutions can combat this trend and encourage the use of practical wisdom rather than inhibiting it.
Barry Schwartz is also the author of The Paradox of Choice, Why More is Less which was named one of the top business books of the year by both Business Week and Forbes Magazine. Currently, he is Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 and has written 10 books. His work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, and was recently honored by being named a Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Visiting Lecturer for 2006-07.
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