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Strengthening Brainpower.
In today's global economy, brainpower provides the only sustainable basis for competitive advantage. This fact presents us with some clear imperatives. Advances in brainscience tell us that, in a knowledge economy, workforce development begins with a pregnant mother. Every child needs pre-school education and should be able to read and comprehend well by the third grade. Dropping out of high school creates a lifetime disability.
Education, economic, and workforce development leaders need to stay up on the latest insights and innovations in Open Source Economic Development. Learn from the I-Open community who have contributed their best discoveries in Futuring, Web 3.0, Complexity Science, and technology, for example.
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| Bruce LaDuke, Question Scientist, Integral Futurist, and Managing Director of Instant Innovation, LLC in Indianapolis, IN talks about Integral
Futuring and the three dynamics that contribute to the current state of
any society or social division. | |||
 | Matthew Theobald, Founder, Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) and CEO, Internous, talks about creating the "Database of all Databases" or ISEN- Internet Search Environment Number - and Internous, offering opportunities for individuals and organizations to search the deep web and create personalized databases to strengthen enterprise opportunities. | |||
 | Ed Morrison, Economic Policy Advisor at Purdue University, Co-Founder & Director, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), presents an introduction to Open Source Economic Development December 2008, I-Open Leadership Retreat, Newbury, Ohio. Ed incorporates new insights about shifts occurring in education, economic, and workforce development with clear examples of innovation in open networked economies. | |||
| Curt Lindberg, Chief Learning and Science Officer, Plexus Institute, shares insights for leaders dealing with the approaching "Perfect Storm" of increasing demand and scarcity of resources. Curt teaches us how to think about large systems and from his research in health care, and where to focus next steps. | |||
| Matthew Theobald, Founder, Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) and CEO, Internous, talks about the future role of librarians.
Drawing from his professional career in Library Science, Matt describes
an exciting future for librarians as community connectors of
citizens, government, organizations and
knowledge. | |||
 | Matthew Theobald, Founder, Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) and CEO, Internous, tells us why databases are the next important application of the Internet. Internous, the Database of Databases, will mean each of us will gain access to the deep web to design our own personal databases. | |||
| Matthew Theobald, Founder, Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) and CEO, Internous, shares what he is passionate about, what he thinks people should
be paying attention to, and what he sees for the future for people to connect to the deep web. |
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