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Think Bigger Innovations

Think Bigger Innovations Initiative for the Columbia Business School Hub.

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About Think Bigger Innovations

"How can corporate innovation benefit society at large? What are the challenges and opportunities ahead?"

Think Bigger Innovations

 

Large businesses and companies recognize and acknowledge the need to innovate, but often struggle with corporate entrepreneurship at scale. Think Bigger Innovations will address this issue, particularly around innovations with societal benefits.

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Catalyzing the New York Deep Tech Ecosystem

New York City, the largest global economic hub, has diversified its economy post-Great Recession to include technology and innovation alongside its traditional finance, media, and fashion industries.

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The Future of NYC Real Estate, A Think Bigger Innovations Workshop

New York City’s real estate market is at a transition point. Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s real estate market has seen significant shifts, including increased urban-to suburban migration (Gupta et al. 2022), residential rent and housing affordability issues, and reduced value and usage of urban office space due to the adoption of remote and hybrid work (Gupta, Mittal, and Van Nieuwerburgh 2023) and higher interest rates.

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Reimagining the Future of New York City Real Estate

The rise of remote work, declining commercial property values, and the resulting decreased tax revenue demand bold solutions.

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“Think Bigger: Discover the Universe” with Scott Willoughby

Scott P. Willoughby is the vice president and program manager for the James Webb Space Telescope program at Northrop Grumman, which is currently on contract for the design, development and delivery of the Observatory to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

 
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The Future of ESG: Overhauling Our Approach to Saving the World

Our approach so far to ESG is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ argues veteran investor Terrence Keeley in a conversation with CBS Professor Shivaram Rajgopal.

 
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The Future of Our Planet: Paving the Road to Net Zero

Jan Walstrom, senior vice president within the Global Climate Response and ESG office at engineering company Jacobs, shares her insights at the School’s inaugural Think Bigger Innovation Summit.

 
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The Future of Supply Chains: Encouraging a Culture of Innovation

Nortech's Jay Miller encourages innovation as a means of not only creating greener products, but also more sustainable supply chains.

 
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The Future of Decision-Making: An Orthotic for Your Brain

Research highlights the significant potential and promise of innovation within the field of neuroscience when combined with emerging technologies.

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Innovation and Technology Summit Highlights

Partnership

In partnership with the New York chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Columbia Business School held an summit for the annual Think Bigger Innovation and Technology Summit: a one-day event for an invited audience of corporate board members and c-suite executives centered on exploring the greatest innovation challenges currently confronting large companies. See past details on the event.

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Leadership

The summit was led by Professor Sheena S. Iyengar, award-winning author and one of the world's experts on choice and innovation, the Think Bigger initiative convenes high-level business leaders to illuminate the innovative solutions emerging within forward-thinking companies — and stimulate the creation of new ones. See past event details on the event.

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Initiative Leadership

As part of this initiative, S.T. Lee Professor of Business Sheena Iyengar, in collaboration with Shiva Rajgopal, will run The Think Bigger Summit, an annual (or bi-annual) forum. Innovators across various industries will engage with global business executives, corporate board members, private equity leadership, and selected academics to showcase their innovations, discuss their setbacks and challenges, and highlight their routes to success. Each forum will showcase the different problems that business leaders encountered, which provided the challenge for societal innovation.

 

Sheena Iyengar

Sheena Iyengar

S. T. Lee Professor of Business
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Shivaram Rajgopal

Shivaram Rajgopal

Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing; Chair of the Accounting Division
Accounting Division
Chartered Accountancy
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Ryan McManus

Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Think Bigger Technology and Innovation Hub
Think Bigger Initiative
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