Akron Public Library

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, and giving them...

A surprising look at the true origins of creativity, urging more group collaboration, and social networking, in the pursuit of innovation.

"A research-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and innovation"--

"EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS HAPPENS ONLY ONCE. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them. It's easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every...

Translating complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman demystifies the new "flat" world for listeners, making sense of the advances in technology and communications, and showing how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.