[Mitworld] New: Mulcahy on Xerox, Lander on the Genome and Cancer

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 17 | January 8, 2007
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[LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED ON THE FIRING LINE]

Mulcahy provides a first person account of the turnaround at Xerox.

SPEAKER:
Anne M. Mulcahy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/412/>

[QUOTE]
"When people ask me how this company (Xerox Corporation) made so much
progress so quickly, I think they want to hear there was something
particularly brilliant about the strategy or planning. The reality is,
it's the alignment of people around a common set of goals. If you're a
big company, it's the only way to deliver progress quickly. Otherwise,
it looks good but doesn't stick."
-- Anne Mulcahy


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[CANCER RESEARCH IN THE GENOMIC ERA]

Lander discusses how knowledge of the human genome is being used to
explore the fundamental causes of cancer.

SPEAKER:
Eric S. Lander
Professor of Biology
Founding Director, The Broad Institute
Member, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/410/>

[QUOTE]
"Students at MIT in 2020 will look back with a mixture of amusement and
horror at the late 20th century: 'Imagine, people spent years looking
for the gene for something. How antediluvian.' They won't be able to
imagine what science was like before they had all the tools laid out
in front of them."

-- Eric Lander


EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
<http://web.mit.edu/science/>

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