[Mitworld] New: Rebecca Henderson on How Organizations get Stuck, Stephen Chu on Thermodynamics

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[Stuck: Why It's So Hard to Do New Things in Old Organizations]

After 20 years studying large organizations that undertake significant
transformations, Rebecca Henderson has of late turned her attention to
the issue of sustainability, which may play a crucial role in society's
response to climate change.

SPEAKER:
Rebecca Henderson
Eastman Kodak LFM Professor, MIT Sloan School


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/544/>

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"If you asked me the single biggest difference between firms that made
the transition to act in really different ways from firms who didn't, it
was those firms that managed from the heart -- where people really
committed to what was happening, were really willing to walk through
"worse before better" because they trusted each other that this was the
price that needed to be paid on the other side."
-- Rebecca Henderson


EVENT HOST: Industrial Liaison Program
<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/display_page.a4d?key=H1>

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The Second Law and Energy

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Stephen Chu discusses the history and
application of the laws of thermodynamics, which have served as "the
scientific foundation of how we harness energy, and the basis of the
industrial revolution, the wealth of nations."

SPEAKER:
Stephen Chu
Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley
Director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/543/>

[QUOTE]
"As synthetic organic chemists try to duplicate (photosynthesis) in an
artificial system, there's a real challenge here. Nature turns out to be
very good."
-- Stephen Chu


EVENT HOST: Department of Mechanical Engineering <http://meche.mit.edu/>

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The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program Presents

Dr. Carl Wieman
Director, Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative, University of
British Columbia
2001 Nobel Prize in Physics

Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Science to
Teach Science
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