Posts by jovenshire
How the Science of Genetics Helped Apple Sustain Innovation
Rebecca is joined by leading corporate consultant and author Andrea Kates who shares how Apple and Pandora and many others have applied the science of genetics to access innovation in a responsible manner. Andrea shares the elements and genomes of your business and how they can combine for growth and profitability in a down economy.…
Read MoreScience Answers the Need for Business Growth
Evolutionary biologist and thought leader Rebecca Costa explores how the application of science to the challenges facing businesses large and small can provide insight and answers to the way forward. Adjacent technologies provide techniques companies can graft onto their own DNA. Looking at today’s competitors can be shortsighted – did Nikon think that telephones were…
Read MoreExtinction: Three Plants or Animals an Hour
Every hour that passes, three animals or plants are being permanently eradicated from the planet. This week CNN announced that the last remaining Javan rhinoceros has been killed. We don’t know if the animals horns are a cure for cancer is mythology or the reason they were hunted into extinction. But imagine if the legend…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do To Help Save Medicare and MediCade Today
While about 30% of your “health” is governed by genetics, 15% by social strata and 5% by environment, approximately 50% of your health is dictated by YOU through what you eat and how much exercise you get. Healthier people means fewer patients which means a lower burden on the next generation. Follow our network on…
Read MoreGood Health Care: It’s Your Zip Code, Stupid
The Institute of Medicine evaluates health care services based upon six factors: safety, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, equitability and how patient-centered it is. We do poorly across all, except for efficiency . . . but when you look closely this is propped up by places like the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic. Ten miles –…
Read MoreMedical Expert Dr. Brian McGowan
Medical expert and educator Dr. Brian McGowan joins Rebecca to deconstruct the quality of our health care system discussing the safety, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, equitability and patient orientation of existing options. Prompted by the chat room he explores social media and medicine, its strengths as a tool for teaching communities and its weaknesses, especially for…
Read MoreNext Sub-Prime Fiasco is on Its Way
The big lending institutions are at it again, making high interest loans to people who have no ability to pay those loans back. Only this time it isn’t home loans . . . it’s credit cards! The financial community made $50 billion last year in credit card fees. Citibank just announced it’s 7th straight…
Read MoreMortgage Myth: Short Sale and Foreclosure The Same for Credit Ratings
Eric Phillips debunks the myth that short sales only stay on your credit record for 3 years while foreclosures stay on for 7 years and then tells you how to buy back your house for almost half the cost and half the interest rate. Find out how you can use the Real Estate Settlement Practices…
Read MoreEric Phillips, Senior Case Analyst for Georggin Law
Eric Philips meets with Rebecca Costa to discuss some of the hottest topics in the news today. Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MorePartisan Gridlock Punishes Unemployed Americans
Partisan Gridlock punishes Unemployed Americans Rebecca Costa dives into this hot button topic with a “conservative middle” perspective Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MoreThe New Model of Philanthropy: Think Big
Substantial prizes like the ten million dollars X Prize have been spurring progress since the 1920s when Charles Lindbergh stepped up to the twenty-five thousand dollar purse he went on to claim. Virtually any innovation that will benefit humanity is up for an X Prize – from sequencing the human genome, to skimming surface oil,…
Read MoreLove and Education: Building the Next Generation of Leaders
Author and “extreme leadership” expert Steve Farber explores how Love, Energy, Audacity and Proof have transformed under-performing schools. Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street and shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders
Steve Farber visits Rebecca Costa to discuss how the leaders of tomorrow are being trained now. We go into detail on how leadership will differ compared to today’s leaders based on the actions and events we are currently going through as a society. Steve Farber explores how Love, Energy, Audacity and Proof have transformed under-performing…
Read MorePissed off People: The Mother of all Lobbyists
This week over twenty thousand people gathered in NYC, and many more in over 70 cities around the country, to protest economic inequality and the growing influence of wealthy corporations over our policies and our lives. Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MoreNASA: The Answer to Energy Problems and Jobs
Nasa has the solar technology to save the American economy and the planet. They can re-establish America as the world leader in technology and create more jobs than any industry since the automobile! What’s stopping us?! Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MoreNew York Protests The Federal Reserve is a Private Cancer
G. Edward Griffin discusses how the private Federal Reserve is not capitalism but cronyism, supported by officials whose priority is to get elected not to do what’s best for the country. Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
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