Business Innovation Factory (BIF-4) - Day One

Day One at Business Innovation Factory (BIF-4) was quite interesting. The storytelling format was interesting and a bit of a departure from the canned Microsoft PowerPoint routine.

I will have to post my detailed thoughts tomorrow as I had to do a bit of work for my large software company and marketing agency clients before I could start blogging tonight. So in the meantime, here is a run-down of the Day One speaker line-up and what they spoke about:

1. Saul Kaplan (Chief Catalyst - Business Innovation Factory)
   - Welcome


2. John Abele(Co-Founder - Boston Scientific)
   - Finding the USS Grunion


3. Mark Ecko (Founder - Ecko Enterprises)
   - How Ecko and its logo came to be


4. Curt Columbus (Trinity Repertory Company)
   - The need for random interaction


5. Alexander Tsiaras (Founder - thevisualmd.com)
   - Visual anatomy


6. Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder - Acumen Fund)
   - Social capitalism


7. Jason Fried (Co-Founder - 37Signals)
   - Building an audience


8. Matt Cottam (Business Innovation Factory)
   - Nursing Home of the Future project


9. James Ludwig (Steelcase)
   - Generation Y


10. Richard Satava (Surgeon - University of Washington)
    - The importance of failure


11. Dave Kusek (Berklee Music)
    - The impact of technology on music


12. Gary Koelling/Steve Bendt (Best Buy)
    - Innovation by accident


13. Richard Saul Wurman (Author, Founder of TED Conference)
    - The dearth of comparable city information


14. Joseph Coughlin (MIT)
    - Meeting the demands of an aging population


15. Lewis Gordon Pugh (Swimmer/Adventurer)
    - Saving the Arctic (1st distance swim at the north pole)

What will tomorrow hold?