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John Medina: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

He has spent most of his professional life as a private research consultant, working primarily in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries on research related to mental health. John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders.

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. Can We Engineer Them Right Out of Business?

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Holographic Light Field Displays

Strategy Driven

Engineers/Designers/Architects —Engineers and designers in virtually every field, as well as interior designers and architects, will appreciate the realism and detailed spatial relationships 3D displays provide. Drug Research —The applications for drug design and biotechnology using 3D displays can be exponential.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

But without the backing of the great entrepreneur and gifted engineer George Westinghouse, Tesla’s revolutionary inventions would probably have come to nothing.” [3]. For example, Bezos has developed deep expertise in software engineering, robotics, information technology, devices (e.g., and we like to stick to our knitting.

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Antibodies: Individual Stars Can Destroy Culture

N2Growth Blog

Genentech is a global biotechnology company that created an entire drug discovery industry. Tech companies pay dearly for engineering talent; universities get into bidding wars for gifted professors, and NBA and other professional sports teams shell out hundreds of millions of dollars for star players.

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Information Technology's Dangerous Trend in Africa

Harvard Business Review

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. Agricultural engineering students are more focused on IT than on learning to build next-generation farm machinery.

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Companies Can Address Talent Shortages by Partnering with Educators

Harvard Business Review

. “Together, in response to industry demand, we’re creating a dedicated pipeline of skilled biomanufacturing professionals,” said Bruce Van Dyke, chair of Quincy’s Biotechnology and Good Manufacturing Practice program, in a recent interview with us.