Innovators
Most change isn't the result of org charts and management schematics: it is the result of passionate people who dedicate themselves to pushing through the perils and pain of change. We believe that sharing their stories is an important part of helping others become the innovators they aspire to be. We look forward to watching this library of stories grow!
Jump to a specific innovator:
- John Abele
- Mickey Ackerman
- Randy Antik
- Robert Ballard
- Dave Balter
- Steve Bendt and Gary Koelling
- Chris Benedict
- David Berry
- BIF-3 Collaborative Innovation Summit
- Alph Bingham
- Eric Bonabeau
- Rick Borovoy
- Deborah Brooks
- John Seely Brown
- Charlie Cannon
- Jim Capaldi
- Robin Chase
- Clay Christensen
- David Cicilline
- Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen
- Betsy Cohen
- Carol Coletta
- Curt Columbus
- Matt Cottam
- Joseph Coughlin
- Mark Cuban
- Steve Denning
- John Donoghue
- Alan Duncan
- Peter Durand
- Marc Ecko
- Jana Eggers
- Paul English
- Colonel Dean Esserman
- Felice Frankel
- Jason Fried
- Peter Gloor
- Dan Heath
- Mark Hellendrung
- William Herp
- Hugh Herr
- Diane Hessan
- Jeffrey Hollender
- Tony Hsieh
- Jack Hughes
- Larry Huston
- Innovation@Scale
- Frans Johansson
- Steven Johnson
- Dean Kamen
- John Kao
- Saul Kaplan
- Larry Keeley
- Randall Kempner
- Kathleen Kingscott
- Joshua Klein
- Josh Koppel
- David Kusek
- Cat Laine
- Stephen Lane
- Jim Lavoie
- Liz Lerman
- Ellen Levy
- Dennis Littky
- James Ludwig
- Roger Mandle
- Matt Mason
- Chris Meyer
- Stuart Moore
- Walt Mossberg
- Denise Nemchev
- Jacqueline Novogratz
- Oedipus
- Robert Panoff
- Terry Pierce
- Port Security Partnership
- Lewis Gordon Pugh
- Jeneanne Rae
- Rhode Island Manufacturing
- RI-WINs
- Andy Robin
- Clay Rockefeller
- David Rockwell
- Ivy Ross
- Deb Roy
- Mary Pat Ryan
- Michael Samuelson
- Juan Fernando Santos
- Richard Satava
- Euan Semple
- Clay Shirky
- Michael Singer
- Don Stanford
- The Story Hat
- Bill Struever
- Jane Fulton Suri
- Bill Taylor
- Alexander Tsiaras
- Bill Tsiaras
- Robert Varney
- Harry West
- Tim Westergren
- Alice Wilder
- Irving Wladawsky-Berger
- John Wolpert
- Richard Saul Wurman
- David Yaun
John Abele
Leader of the Grunion Expedition Retired Founder/Chairman, Boston Scientific Chairman, FIRST
Robert Ballard
Marine Explorer and Professor, Institute for Exploration and University of Rhode Island
Alph Bingham
President and Chief Executive Officer, InnoCentive
- BIF-2 Collaborative Innovation Summit (video)
- BIF-2 Stories of Innovation (article)
- Redefining IP within Global Innovation Networks (blog)
- Innovation as Destination or Journey? (blog)
- The TopCoder Business Model: Collaboration by Competition (blog)
- Alph Bingham Joins BIF Research Advisory Council (blog)
John Seely Brown
Former Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and Director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Clay Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Under Secretary Jay M. Cohen
Under Secretary for Science & Technology, Department of Homeland Security
Steve Denning
Author, The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations
Larry Huston
Corporate Vice President of Innovation, Procter & Gamble
- BIF-1 Stories of Innovation (article)
- A Conversation with P&G's Larry Huston (article)
- BIF Research Advisory Council Bios (article)
- BIF Research Advisor Larry Huston on Finding the 'Sweet Spot' (blog)
- Baby Steps: Making Public-Private Partnerships Work (blog)
- Larry Huston on Building Networks for Innovation (blog)
- How open is open? Hint: Constraints are good! (blog)
Larry Keeley
President and Co-Founder, Doblin, Inc.
- BIF-2 Collaborative Innovation Summit (video)
- BIF-2 Stories of Innovation (article)
- What are the Greatest Innovations of All Time? (article)
- Larry Keeley on the Importance of Innovation "Intent" (video)
- Platforms Rule! BIF's Innovation Effectiveness Workshop (blog)
- Secrets of Breakthrough Innovation (article)
- BIF Research Advisory Council Bios (article)
- BIF Research Advisors Head to Davos: Collaborative Innovation Goes Global (blog)
Chris Meyer
CEO, Monitor Networks and author, It's Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology and Business
Terry Pierce
Special Advisor for Disruptive Innovations for Under Secretary Jay Cohen, Department of Homeland Security
Richard Satava
Professor of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center and Senior Science Advisor, US Army Medical Research and Material Command
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Vice President, Technical Strategy and Innovation, IBM
- BIF-3 - Irving Wladawsky-Berger (video)
- BIF-3 Stories of Innovation (article)
- Innovation as a State of Mind (blog)
- More on the Near Death Experience (blog)
- BIF-3 Storyteller Irving Wladawsky-Berger on Virtual Worlds (blog)
- Short Takes - Big Ideas in Little Bytes (video)
- Multidisciplinary Innovation: It's Time to Throw the Shackles Off (blog)
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