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Mon enquête sur les villes intelligentes continue. Cette semaine, j'ai décidé de vous parler de Mexico. Car à défaut d'avoir une vraie politique de ville intelligente, Mexico s'est dotée d'un laboratoire,avec pour objectif de créer une culture collaborative entre la société civile et la municipalité. La ville prend alors le pari de la participation citoyenne plutôt que celui des infrastructures lourdes. Pari risqué? 

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Mexico : une ville qui mise sur la participation citoyenne par @FrancisPisani

New research shows that stress may not be as bad as we thought. Reporter Cristina Quinn heads to a local start up to find out just how stressful work is, and why it actually helps them grow.

Are Stressful Jobs Good for You?

Historian Simon Schama, author of “The Story of the Jews,” explains that being outsiders may have helped Jews become great innovators.  

How Being Outsiders Made Jews Innovative

Failure is more important than ever, and it’s also much cheaper, according to MIT’s Joi Ito. He explains how he succeeded in academia despite never finishing college - and why our education system needs a complete overhaul.

The Recipe for Success? Fail a Lot

Should you embrace the unexpected and challenge the status quo? Yale professors Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres, authors of "Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small," argue that unconventional thinking is key to creativity.

Challenge the Status Quo

"La France décapitée". C'est le titre d'un article d'opinion publié sur le New York Times en cette veille d'anniversaire de la prise de la Bastille. Il a été écrit par Roger Cohen qui suit les affaires européennes depuis Londres et qui connaît bien la région. Le titre est provocateur et le contenu mérite réflexion. Son affirmation principale est que "les français n'aiment pas la modernité. Ils n'ont pas confiance dans la modernité. C'est le noyau du problème. Ils ne l'aiment pas et n'ont pas confiance en elle pour deux raisons. La modernité a redéfini l'espace et relégué l'Etat. C'est intolérable".
Un article au titre provocateur dont le contenu mérite réflexion.

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"La France décapitée" : les Français n'aiment pas la modernité ?

Today we get behind the platitudes to ask how do you foster innovation? How do you ensure the U.S. is a rising power at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, not lagging behind?

Taking the Lead in Business Innovation

There is an art to business. Though you may not realize it, that art, in the form of logos, has the power to affect you every day.

The Art of Logos

More pieces of technology are communicating with one another than ever before — experts call this phenomenon "the Internet of things."

The Internet of Things

What really makes us happy? Sonja Lyubomirsky debunks happiness myths and shares the science behind true satisfaction.

What Makes Us Happy?

Should college include more digital learning, like Coursera? Kara Miller asks Andrew Delbanco, a professor of American Studies atColumbia and author of “College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be,” Daphne Koller, a professor at Stanford and co-founder of Coursera, and Prateek Tandon, an economist at the World Bank.

Cyber College: Innovative or Detrimental?

How to fund innovation — from venture capital to government dollars.

How to Fund Innovation

Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote, talks about new research on the power of negative thinking.

The Power of Negative Thinking

Will your child succeed or fail? Paul Tough has the answer.

Why Kids Must Fail to Succeed

The older you are, the better your ability to innovate, says Tom Agan, co-founder and managing partner of Rivia and author of the recent New York Times article “Why Innovators Get Better with Age."

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