Wired's latest cover story details Microsoft's transformation from a moribund has-been technological giant reaping the rent from yesterdays innovations to a leading edge company pioneering the future once again. Today the company is once again one of the world's most valuable companies, currently ranked third globally. Not too long ago the company was adrift. “Nadella doesn’t say outright what everyone in the room knows: Just a decade ago, pundits had declared the company brain-dead.”Today, u...

I recently had the opportunity to hear the new President of Art Center, the world leading design training institute in Pasadena, speak. Her fireside chat was great and one piece in particular jumped out at me. She emphasized the criticality of Art Center's connectivity with industry - through alumni engagement, industry sponsored projects and also encouraging professors to either consult or work four days and teach on the fifth. That model reminded me of the founding MIT model, well documente...