Connecticut innovators take on COVID-19
As Connecticut and the country face a crisis unlike anything in our lifetimes, will innovators meet the challenge?
As Connecticut and the country face a crisis unlike anything in our lifetimes, will innovators meet the challenge?
Prof. Chatterjee says Amazon’s brick-and-mortar competitors would need months of lead time to build the kind of distribution muscle Amazon has.
“...we should invest … [in] projects that will have a long-run payoff that will enable the industries and jobs of the future."
"Job creation is, by definition, a net number. We need new businesses...to create economic opportunity..."
“... the entire community here at MIT... really rallied to COVID-19 and this need for crisis innovation with such passion and purpose."
GM and Ford [CEO Bill Ford, MIT Sloan Fellow '84] are turning out ventilators and personal protective equipment in huge numbers.
Paul Osterman writes: "After WWII, America expressed its gratitude to returning veterans by supporting their education.
"Companies keep burning out their employees — and promoting 'balance' doesn't help. Work redesign offers a better solution."
“The greatest weapon we have is the strength of our community,” said Sharmila Chatterjee.
"Even as the government remains focused on containing the virus ..., policymakers and business leaders are starting to reopen the economy."