[Mitworld] New: Revolutionary Thinking, Ancona on Leadership

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[THE POWER OF REVOLUTIONARY THINKING: WHAT TODAY'S SCIENTISTS CAN TEACH
YOU ABOUT DRIVING INNOVATION IN YOUR ORGANIZATION]

Whether finding new forms of life in caves, exploring space in a Biosuit
system or creating a real space elevator, these inspiring scientists
talk about research that is truly revolutionary.

MODERATOR:
Alf Nucifora
    Chairman, Nucifora Consulting Group
    Marketing Consultant

PANELISTS:
Penelope Boston
    Director of Cave and Karst Studies and Professor of Earth and
    Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and
        Technology
Dava Newman
    Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering
        Systems, MIT
Bradley Carl Edwards
    President and Founder, Carbon Designs


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/314/>

[QUOTE]
"Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations in
the nature of reality. On the artist side, there's Picasso, a free
thinker. Compare Picasso with Einstein. Each visualizes something before
creating an equation or putting paintbrush to canvas."
--Robert Cassanova


EVENT HOST: MIT Enterprise Forum

<http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/>

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[LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY]

Sloan's Ancona hosts a discussion with heads of two very different
companies, who explain how leadership can be distributed throughout an
organization.

MODERATOR:
Deborah G. Ancona
    Seley Distinguished Professor of Management; Faculty Director, MIT
        Leadership Center

PANELISTS:
James Parker
    Former C.E.O. and Vice-Chairman of the Board, Southwest Airlines
        Company
Barbara Stocking
    Director General, Oxfam, Great Britain


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/315/>

[QUOTE]
 "You have to recognize that if you allow people to make decisions,
they'll make mistakes. The natural tendency is to want to control
everything. People who rose to the top level of an organization got
there by being perfectionists.  We must accept that in a world of chaos,
not everything will be perfect."
--James Parker

EVENT HOST:  MIT Sloan School of Management

<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

MIT Response to Katrina
    Big Questions after Big Hurricanes

[WHAT DOES CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE PRESENT AND
FUTURE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES?]

Kerry A. Emanuel
	Professor of Atmospheric Science
    MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences



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