Gordon Gekko can’t seem to make up his mind. And because of that, we the viewers have an equally hard time making up our minds about him in Oliver Stone’s new sequel to his 1987 hit film Wall Street.
John Kao – Brief Biography
Dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by The Economist, John calls himself an innovation activist. He is chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, whose i20 group is an association of national innovation ‘czars.’ He wrote Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, a BusinessWeek best-seller, and Innovation Nation, published in October, 2007 about America’s growing innovation challenge.
John was a member of the Harvard Business School faculty from 1982-96, where he created executive and MBA programs on innovation. He is currently a director of the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium, founding member of Cisco System’s Innovation Commission and chair of the Global Advisory Council on Innovation of the World Economic Forum. He is a director of Phylotech, a company that bridges life sciences, IT and clean tech, as well as board advisor to twofour54, a media company based in Abu Dhabi
John is also an angel investor in emerging technology companies, and a Tony-nominated producer of film (sex, lies and videotape, Mr. Baseball) and stage (Golden Child, Flower Drum Song). He is a graduate of Yale College (philosophy), Yale Medical School (psychiatry) and Harvard Business School (management). A jazz pianist at heart, he apprenticed to rock legend Frank Zappa in 1969.
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Dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by The Economist, John calls himself an innovation activist. He is chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, whose i20 group is an association of national innovation ‘czars.’ He wrote Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, a BusinessWeek best-seller, and Innovation Nation, published in October, 2007 about America’s growing innovation challenge.
John was a member of the Harvard Business School faculty from 1982-96, where he created executive and MBA programs on innovation. He is currently a director of the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium, founding member of Cisco System’s Innovation Commission and chair of the Global Advisory Council on Innovation of the World Economic Forum. He is a director of TwoFour54 a Mubadala media company and Phylotech, a company that bridges cleantech and life sciences.
John is also an angel investor in emerging technology companies, and a Tony-nominated producer of film (sex, lies and videotape, Mr. Baseball) and stage (Golden Child, Flower Drum Song). He is a graduate of Yale College (philosophy), Yale Medical School (psychiatry) and Harvard Business School (management). A jazz pianist at heart, he apprenticed to rock legend Frank Zappa in 1969.
Tag Archives: Wall Street
Monday, October 18, 2010
FILED IN :: The Daily Beast
TAGS :: Gordon Geeko, Innovation, Oliver Stone, Wall Street, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
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