September 2012

Thomas Countryman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, International Security and...

Thomas Countryman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, International Security and Nonproliferation

GMO Label or Not?

GMO Label or Not?

Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson

This week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY: • Kira Z. Reginato: He...

This week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY: • Kira Z. Reginato: Here I Am to Save the Day! What a Skilled Eldercare Manager Can Do for You • Green New Deal TUESDAY: • Hedrick Smith: Who Stole the American Dream? WEDNESDAY: • The Great Debate: Are We Alone? • Grading California's Economy: Prospects for Economic Recovery THURSDAY: • Resolving California's Budget Crisis: Lessons from a New Six State Study • Jonathan Canick: Aging and the Persistence of Mind Read more »

Jugaad: Can Frugal Innovation Save America?

Wed, Sep 26 2012 - 6:00pm

Jugaad: Can Frugal Innovation Save America?
This program is postponed
Navi Radjou, Innovation and Leadership Consultant; Co-author, Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
Jugaad in Hindi means an improvised solution born from ingenuity. Some successful enterprises in emerging markets like India, China and Brazil use jugaad to innovate faster, better and cheaper amidst high complexity. Read more »

Mellody Hobson and Paul Schott Stevens: The Future of Retirement

Thu, Sep 27 2012 - 12:00pm

Mellody Hobson and Paul Schott Stevens: The Future of Retirement

Mellody Hobson, Financial Commentator, "Good Morning America," ABC Television; President, Ariel Investments
Paul Schott Stevens, CEO, Investment Company Institute Read more »

Here is photojournalist D.J. Cline's report on our recent program with former Ir...

Here is photojournalist D.J. Cline's report on our recent program with former Iranian nuclear official Seyed Mousavian http://www.djcline.com/2012/09/05/sep-5-2012-iran-ambassador-seyed-mousavian/ Read more »

Janine Zacharia and Joel Brinkley: Two Journalists in the Middle East

Fri, Sep 14 2012 - 12:00pm

Janine Zacharia in Conversation with Joel Brinkley
Janine Zacharia, Journalist; News Analyst; Visiting Scholar, Stanford UniversityJoel Brinkley, Professor of Journalism, Stanford University; Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
Come hear firsthand experiences from seasoned Middle East reporters. Zacharia was the Washington Post's Jerusalem bureau chief and has reported widely on the Middle East for Bloomberg, Reuters and Washington Week in Review. Read more »

News quiz time! Threatening embassies, searching Greeks, voting seniors -- it's...

News quiz time! Threatening embassies, searching Greeks, voting seniors -- it's all in our latest W2W News Quiz exclusively on HuffPostSF http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-zipperer/the-week-to-week-news-qui_22_b_1883836.html Read more »