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What's the Big Idea? Vijay Vaitheeswaran surveys the landscape of the global economy and sees "wicked problems," to borrow a phrase from the subtitle of his bestselling new book,  Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness and ... Read More

What is the Big Idea? The futuristic-looking Edison 2 is a vehicle built by a team of race car drivers, designers and engineers that boasts incredible fuel efficiency and featherweight dimensions. It was also the winner of the Progressive Automotive X Prize in 2010, a contest designed to push ... Read More

What's the Big Idea? For corporations, growth is a quarterly concern -- a hope maybe, but not a necessity. For small businesses and nonprofits, stagnation isn't an option: it's grow or die. But as businesses transition from startup to established company, the bootstrapped mentality is hard to ... Read More

What's the Big Idea? Imagine if you could live your life the way you watch a movie on a DVR. You could fast-forward through all the tedious moments and skip right to the good stuff. That was the premise of the 2006 sci-fi comedy Click, starring Adam Sandler. However, as Sandler's character ... Read More

Joi Ito, the director of the MIT Media Lab, followed a very unorthodox career path. He dropped out of college but became a lifelong learner and a highly successful venture capitalist. At the MIT Media Lab, Ito has championed that institution's inter-disciplinary approach to problem-solving. That ... Read More

What's the Big Idea? Most academics work alongside other academics in the same field to arrive at the deepest possible understanding of a particular subject. At the MIT Media Lab, researchers focus on breadth, not depth, of knowledge. On any given day, you could come across an engineer, an ... Read More