Disrupt Yourself or Be Disrupted, Right?

We all know and admire disruptive innovations — the printing press, the internal combustion engine, the Internet, the iPhone, the Pet Rock (ha!), etc. Not as easily recognizable are the little innovations that have an impact in our daily lives.

It is the power of focusing on and harnessing these little ideas that David Robertson (@innonavi), a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management and author of The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation, finds so important to talk about.

Alexa: What’s the Future of Cyber Security?

Did you utter the words “Hey, Siri” or “Okay, Google” today? Did you ask Alexa about today's weather or news headlines? Connected devices are everywhere, regardless of how comfortable you feel chatting with them.

Just below the surface, there are the technical components that make these and every other everyday tech tool possible: open-source software.