The Outing of Climate Change: How About a Policy
By Raye Elizabeth Ward This week saw the follow-on meeting to the Paris Climate Accord. The news is not good; or, as the Washington Post put it, “We are in trouble.” […]Read more
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SXSW comes to Eindhoven: ‘We’ve been here 24 hours, and I’m blown away’
By Terry Boyd Suddenly, Eindhoven is on the radar of one of the most heralded American tech centers – and its world-famous innovation conference. A delegation from Austin, Texas including […]Read more
Is Your Company Seeking Ways to Increase Sales and Connections into Japan and SE Asia?
Texas companies that export generate five times higher revenues than their non-exporting peers. For the past several years, Asian nations have represented the top export markets for Central Texas companies. […]Read more
While We were Tweeting, the Future Happened
David Firestein, the executive director of the University of Texas’ new China Public Policy Center headlined a recent session of our speaker series, The World Spins, with some advice about competing with […]Read more
The Great Listening
The Great Listening, inspired by Sweden’s 50-year-old Almedalen week of discourse, will host its inaugural event this November 16-17 in Austin. Almedalen has welcomed leaders from diverse backgrounds like Karl […]Read more
Policy Weirding: Climate Change and National Security
By Raye Elizabeth Ward A military weather tracking station. Photo Courtesy of United Nations Climate Change. Will the military drive our national climate change agenda? Dr. Joshua Busby dropped by a […]Read more
World Spins: Blockchain, Trust and the Global Economy
by Raye E. Ward, WAC Austin board member Pete Harris stopped by a session of the World Spins to share his take on blockchain, the software technology generally overshadowed by its trendier […]Read more
World Spins: A Raging Climate and No Policy in Sight
Now that the feds have left the table, can Battlestar Galatica save us? We kicked off our new “World Spins” series Dr. Josh Busby pointing out that not only is […]Read more
What is “The World Spins”: and Why Should I Go? Disruption, Innovation and the Future of Our World: Be There or Be Square
Every so often I’m struck by how lucky we are to live in Austin where there are so many people working on the cusp of disruption. Our new series “The […]Read more
“Same Same But Different”: The Need for Cultural Competence in a Globalized World
by Anna Katrina Davey, Founder & President at Cultural Confidence The iconic phrase “same same but different”, ubiquitously heard in the tourist areas of Thailand as well as other […]Read more