There has been a tremendous amount of interest in using large monetary prizes to help solve some of the world’s thorniest problems. Everyone has probably heard of the X-Prize, a multi-million dollar price to encourage the private development of space technology to put people into orbit. Some may have heard of Sir Richard Branson’s $25m [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 20, 2008
Why Prizes do not Work – why the X-Prize approach will not spur human development as much as some think
February 18, 2008
Coming Soon: Imaginatik the Documentary + Reminiscences of being a student
I just worked with a group of talented students on doing a Masters of Management course at Cass Business School, at the City University (London). I am an alumni of Cass, and I enjoy supporting various programs, certainly more than I did when I had to study and turn in coursework on the undergraduate course.
The [...]
