[Mitworld] New: George Shultz on Energy, Ronald Williams On Leading Change

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 13 | December 2, 2008

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Energy: The Past Must Not Be Prologue October 15, 2008

In this insightful lecture, George Shultz makes the case for investing
heavily in basic research and discusses his hopes for a new era of
thoughtful, results-based energy and science policies.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/615

Speaker: George Shultz PhD '49 Former Secretary of State

Event Host: MIT Energy Initiative

The big enchilada is investing heavily in basic research.  If you're
going to subsidize something, support activities that will get results
that will pay off for us. -George Shultz

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Leading Change: A Conversation with Ron Williams October 9, 2008

In what Dean Dave Schmittlein bills as a master class, Ronald A.
Williams discusses how an emphasis on new technology and application of
basic values helped turn around the health care giant Aetna.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/615

Speaker: Ronald A. Williams SF '84 Chairman & CEO, Aetna, Inc.

Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management

We believe there's a huge opportunity to help make health care more
accessible and affordable, to slow down the rate of increase and improve
quality. ... (We must) deploy technology the way we've used it to
transform every other aspect of society and American business. -Ronald
Williams

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In The Pipeline: Religion and the Election: What Do We Think We Know?

Presented By: The Office of the Chaplain to the Institute

Speakers: Shaun Casey and Alan Wolfe

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