WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 18 May 2012 16:48:36 UT Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:23:48 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no Host Pete Forster looks at the ailing global health care systems and talks to an expert, Professor Yunkap Kwankam, director of Global eHealth Consultants, who believes that by applying existing technology differently, health services in developing countries can be radically improved: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-rethinking-health-care-across-the.shtml?30667 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20667 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.gehcs.com/index.html One of the key ingredients for developing a successful new business is nerve. Host Pete Forster visits an inconspicuous converted 19th century shop front in Geneva’s creative neighbourhood, Quartier des Bains, to visit a unique project called La Muse that aims to foster such entrepreneurial derring-do: Wed, 02 May 2012 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-headline.shtml?30415 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20415 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://la-muse.ch/ Raising funds can be a very costly process for charities, but social media may be bringing some relief. WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Johannes van Eeden, co-founder of the Swiss-based Internet platform GivenGain, which aims to tap into the power of social networking to make fundraising both easier and cheaper: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:47:41 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-charities-tap-into-social-media.shtml?30296 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20296 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.givengain.com/ Travel planning websites are nothing new, but Lausanne-based routeRANK is hoping it’s found an untapped niche market. It lets you compare the cost and time of flying versus travelling by train or by car—and it even calculates the potential carbon footprint for each option. WRS’s Pete Forster spoke with CEO and founder Jochen Mundiger: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:19:52 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-report-plane-train-or-automobile-ask-rout.shtml?30186 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-20186 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.routerank.com/en/ The idea of attending a public lecture for your general betterment might seem a little old-fashioned, but in fact, it’s a thriving phenomenon called TEDx. WRS’s Pete Forster learns a little about the history and popularity of TEDx conferences and goes backstage at TEDx Lausanne to hear from the speakers about their ideas: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:36:25 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-whats-behind-tedx.shtml?29996 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19996 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.ted.com/tedx In just a few months, François Junod hopes to bring Leonardo da Vinci to life, the wind-up automaton version, that is. Junod is entering the final stage of assembling da Vinci, which will blink its eyes and write and draw mirror images. WRS’s Tony Ganzer visits Junod’s workshop in St Croix in the canton of Vaud to discover how old methods and technologies are being resurrected: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-2.shtml?29883 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19883 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/peek-inside-the-automatiers-workshop.shtml?29863 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/video/abe-humanoid-robots-tomorrows-servants.shtml?29765 Switzerland is sometimes accused of being late to the clean technology game, but new ideas are beginning to accumulate. Recently Bern hosted what aims to be the largest platform for this industy in Switzerland, and appropriately called it Cleantec City. WRS’s Pete Forster went along to see how green visions are becoming reality: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:35:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-cleaning-up-with-clean-technology.shtml?29764 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19764 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.cleanteccity.ch/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-490/814_read-1212/ Can helping employees find their inner rhythm improve their performance on the job? Pete Forster looks at the concept with Doug Manuel, CEO of Sewa Beats, which provides corporate drumming workshops, then turns to Bill Fischer, professor of technology management at the IMD business school, for his take on the wide range of novel and innovative approaches to corporate training on the market: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-finding-your-companys-inner-rhyth.shtml?29253 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19253 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.sewabeats.com/en/ http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-innovative-corporate-coaching.shtml?29114 Can a corporate coach make staff happier and a business more effective? In the first of a two-part series, Pete Forster looks at creative techniques from horse whispering to neuroscience that companies are testing out in their efforts to be more successful: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:59:42 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-innovative-corporate-coaching.shtml?29114 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-19114 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.ctsgroup.ch/en/hr-development/pferdeseminare/ http://www.corporate-training.ch/coaching/brains.html Apart from the captains of industry, the 40 heads of state and masses of global media attending, there will be 30 social entrepreneurs attending the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos this week. WRS’s Pete Forster discovers what a social entrepreneur is and speaks to the Swiss co-winner of 2011 Schwab Foundation prize, Renat Heuerberger, CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset management. Forster also explores the carbon offsetting market at a talk with one of Switzerland’s leading advisors on social business, Dr. Maximilian Martin, the managing director of Impact Economy: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:55:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-carbon-offsetting-and-the-social-.shtml?28732 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18732 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/special/davos2012/index.shtml?28703 http://www.impacteconomy.com/ http://www.schwabfound.org/sf/index.htm http://www.southpolecarbon.com/ WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Corey Billington, who’s company e3 associates is in the business of solving companies innovation problems by a process called knowledge brokering. Billington claims that companies can solve their research and development questions in a tenth of the time for a twentieth of the cost of conventional methods: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-knowledge-brokering-solving-innov.shtml?28627 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18627 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://e3associates.com/ WRS’s Pete Forster takes us inside the Institut für Jungunternehmen (IFJ), a St Gallen-based business that advises and teaches budding businesspeople the skills of entrepreneurship, before tracking down the young folks—average age 25—running Geneva-based app-building company Abonobo: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-the-next-generation-of-entreprene.shtml?27587 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17587 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.ifj.ch/ http://www.abonobo.com/ Photovoltaic energy has far-reaching economic and social potential according to some experts. WRS’s Pete Forster explores the future of this alternative power source: more WRS coverage on environment Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:13:22 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-a-photovoltaic-energy-revolution-.shtml?27355 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17355 environment Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap Canton Valais has one of the most successful support schemes for new businesses in the country. It’s called the Ark. Why does it work? How do they encourage business people to develop their ideas in villages and towns all the way up the Rhone Valley? WRS’s Pete Forster goes to the source as we continue our exploration of creating creativity: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-the-ark-of-creativity.shtml?27218 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17218 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.theark.ch/en/index.php http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-fostering-that-creative-spark.shtml?27090 How do you make innovation easier? What environment, what mind set and what conditions will encourage ideas and progress in meeting technical challenges? WRS’s Pete Forster talks to two people, Attul Pahwa from the Geneva University Hospital and Elmar Mock from the firm Creaholic, who are looking at ways to set up the right environment on both a small and large scale: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:55:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/businessinsight/business-insight-fostering-that-creative-spark.shtml?27090 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17090 Programmes/Business Insight Daily Shows/The Wrap http://creaholic.com/home-test?set_language=en&cl=en