“But that seems like such a guy job!” was my first response to the career aptitude test result that dared to suggest Biomedical Engineering as a career. Throughout high school, I had been fairly certain that a career in the...

Gender was never a differentiator or boundary in my home when I was growing up. We were all expected to help out with all chores and all family activities – dishes, cooking, cleaning, pets, yardwork … I was encouraged to...

On our building tour, we have a strange looking block of metal. It’s aluminum but with an interesting texture to its surface. I like to make a show of lifting the block with difficulty and handing it to someone I’m...

The last day and a half of the conference has been filled with both inspiration and recommendations for addressing the challenge of innovating in a large organization. One popular recommendation is embracing start-ups, as start-ups are often seen as a...

My first day and a half has been filled with discussion around how large companies facilitate innovation within their organizations through enablers, such as, innovation teams, innovation outposts, and university partnerships, to name a few. While these efforts to make...