We recently asked several of our Burning Questions speakers to suggest two organizations to combine that could transform an industry, a market segment, or even the world (note to financial regulators: this is not meant to imply any actual merger or acquisition intentions -- this is all just to stimulate discussion around innovation). Here are some of their replies:
From David Kester, CEO, Design Council -- "If the United Nations and Facebook combined, international diplomacy would become a popularity contest with every country competing to have the most friends."
From Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO, Vivaldi Partners -- "I would bring together Apple with our current healthcare system and then I would finally have real hope that our quality of life has a chance of significant improvement, especially for those times when we are not well and need the help of a health care provider."
From Eric McNulty of Harvard Business School Publishing Conferences, "If FedEx and Starbucks would come together, my morning packages would arrive with a hot latte!"
Your question is: What's keeps you up at night?
My answer is: the price you ask for your Burning Questions session...
Posted by: graziano | October 05, 2007 at 07:16 AM