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Mike Gregoire: 3 Keys To Building an Agile Society for the 4th Industrial...
To reap the benefits of the digital revolution, we need to transform the pillars of society to focus on collaboration and connection and empowerment. Here’s how. As the world’s top economical thinkers...
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John G. Rice: Opportunities for Global Electricity Access in 2016
We are at the start of a power revolution. The coming year presents a number of opportunities to take action to improve global access to electricity. The world has made great progress over the past...
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The Animal Spirits Index: GE Chief Economist Marco Annunziata Explains The...
State leaders, powerful executives, prominent philanthropists and influential thinkers are getting together for their annual gathering in Davos this week. As usual, Marco Annunziata, GE’s chief...
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Preparing Youth for the Jobs of the Future — Interview With Jamie McAuliffe...
Youth unemployment is a global priority — especially in areas like the MENA region. We need to prepare students for the 4th Industrial Revolution by giving them the skills they need to keep up with...
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Erin Will Morton: Global Health Innovation — A Shared Responsibility
Innovation can help tackle some of our greatest global health challenges. But to attract the necessary investment and achieve our goals, we must work together as a global community. New health...
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Into Thin Air: The Lofty Side Of Jet Engine Testing
New GE jet engines must pass a litany of hardships on the test stand — from bird strikes to hailstorms — before they get to take to the air.But even then they are not finished. One of the steps...
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This MRI Imaging Technique Helped Clinicians Unmask Silent Liver Disease
Nobody wants to be told they are going to die. Yet that’s the prognosis Wayne Eskridge received from his doctors in 2010. The diagnosis was a stage-four case of cirrhosis of the liver. As he and his...
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Digital Energy: How The Cloud Is Helping This Desert Utility Keep The Lights On
GE Healthcare engineers in Finland have recently started working on a predictive software system that could one day collect human vital signs like blood pressure, temperature and breathing rate, and...
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A Pivotal Year: 4Q Results Outline GE’s Digital-Industrial Evolution
GE released its fourth-quarter results this morning, capping a pivotal year when the company sold much of its lending business and embraced software to become the world’s largest digital-industrial...
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David Kidder: Taming Big To Bigger — Fostering New to Big
The Fortune 500’s success at “optimizing at will” has come at a cost. To survive in today’s fast-paced global economy, it’s time to focus the ability to “grow at will.” You need to install a Growth...
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Njideka Harry: 4th Industrial Revolution Lies at the Intersection of...
Africa’s young innovators can leapfrog into the digital revolution with the right tools and training. The 4th Industrial Revolution is driven by newer technologies, such as 3D printing, that are...
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These Machines Helped Unveil Secrets Of The Human Body
Thomas Edison’s light bulb patent was 15 years old when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays and proved their power by imaging the bones inside his wife’s hand. “I’ve seen my death,” she reportedly said...
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Where Jet Engines Take a Licking But Keep On Ticking
Every day is a bad day for flying if you hang out with Brian DeBruin. DeBruin runs GE Aviation’s jet engine test operations site in Peebles, Ohio, and his job is to make sure that GE engines keep...
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Amit Narayan: How Software Can Eat the Energy Industry and Help Save the World
By embracing the 4th Industrial Revolution, we transform the electric grid and we can improve access to affordable, reliable power. As we enter the 4th Industrial Revolution, technological innovations...
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Why Every Business Needs to Become a Startup — Interview with Eric Ries
Amid a growing fear of “Digital Darwinism,” executives are embracing the startup ethos to stay competitive in the fast-paced global economy. The 4th Industrial Revolution inspires hope, but also fear....
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Are You Ready For Digital Oil?
GE Oil & Gas became the latest GE business to launch its own digital division. The unit launched a pilot project with BP to help the energy company reduce unplanned downtime by deploying software...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Labs around the world are brimming with groundbreaking research more than ever in history. Starting this Friday, we’ll be highlight five of the most interesting examples we’ve noticed over the past...
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Do Animals Have A Sixth Sense For The Earth’s Magnetic Field?
The flight paths of migrating birds can span continents. Honeybees zigzag through orchards and meadows to the sweetest spots for nectar and then zip back home again. Adult salmon, in what might be the...
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Tom Jacob and Karen Shellenback: A Growing Cyber Vulnerability — The...
As part of a regular series featuring content from BRINK, Tom Jacob and Karen Shellenback of Mercer discuss the need for companies to invest in cybersecurity talent to maintain competitiveness. The...
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That’s So Nice: Electricity’s Digital Future Has Dawned On The French Riviera
The commune of Carros in the south of France straddles a leafy valley tucked away a short ride from Nice and the beaches of the French Riviera. Like much of Provence, the medieval town of 11,000 swells...
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