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Brigadoon Monthly | Member Call with Greg Bunch

Title: Entrepreneurship and the need for more venture studios

Speaker: Greg Bunch

Greg Bunch

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Greg Bunch draws on a wealth of experience as an entrepreneur, manager, consultant, alderman, and teacher.

He is the founder of Masterplan International Corporation, a strategy consulting firm. He was also a partner at Brandtrust, a brand strategy consultancy. Greg co-founded a healthcare software start-up in the Bay Area. He has served on corporate boards for financial services, healthcare, retail, franchising, and marketing firms.

He works with Fortune 50 companies, family businesses, and start-ups in the areas of innovation and strategy. He has worked with a broad array of companies including Abbott Labs, American Express, Danaher, Dover, ETS, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Kimberly-Clark, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, State Farm, and Yum! Brands.

Greg was an alderman in the City of West Chicago, serving on the infrastructure, public safety, and development committees.

Greg has lectured nationally and internationally on topics related to strategy, creating customers, and innovation. He earned a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in philosophy and an MDiv from Harvard University.

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Brigadoon Daily = September 14, 2020

The new workplace: The travel and hospitality industries are shifting gears to accommodate a new type of visitor: the 9-to-5 worker.
Wunderman Thompson Intelligence

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity: Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated biodiversity losses. However, generating the required technologies and infrastructure will drive an increase in the production of many metals, creating new mining threats for biodiversity.
Nature Research

Beware the ‘work from the wilderness’ movement: Silicon Valley’s evangelists are using COVID as an excuse to work from remote locations. Will it last, asks Danny Fortson.
Say ‘recession’ and watch us flock back to the office: As job losses increase, so too will workers’ desire to be seen at their desks. Yet this can harm not only productivity but mental health, warns Cary Cooper, the man who coined the term ‘presenteeism’ in the 1980s.
Cary Cooper

From Fisker to Nikola, the electric challengers speeding up behind Tesla: Inspired by Elon Musk, a fleet of new car start-ups are spreading hope — and hype.
The Times

BP’s Looney stakes future on producing less oil: New chief seeks to convince investors the push into renewables will pay off.
FT

The single most important thinking skill nobody taught you: Being flexible and weighing the options you ultimately won’t take is more beneficial than you may realize.
Thomas Oppong

Brigadoon Daily = September 3, 2020

Bitcoin miner is scoring 700% profits selling energy to grid: It’s part of a trend that's revolutionizing how big users interact with the power system.
Bloomberg

Investing in social good is finally becoming profitable: Impact investments are outperforming traditional bets in the coronavirus crisis, which may be a turning point for wealthy investors looking to generate change.
NYT

The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take): Frank Fisher, now 90, was a traditional high street butcher his whole working life – as were three generations of his family before him. How does a man dedicated to serving his community decide when it’s time to hang up his white coat?
Guardian

Akon just unveiled his $6 billion ‘futuristic’ city in Senegal. The reviews are mixed.
WP

Shelf worth – how shelving became the status symbol of 2020: Bookshelves have taken on a new design status. A Vitsœ 606 superfan tries to categorize a global obsession, while we showcase a portfolio of HTSI’s greatest shelving hits.
FT

How I travel: Kevin Kwan loves hotel room tea: We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
CN Traveler

Brigadoon Daily = September 2, 2020

The rising prevalence of dementia is a global emergency: It requires more research, better provision for long-term care, and changes in individual behavior.
Economist

Study: Black turbine blades reduced bird mortality by 72%
E&E News

Cultural innovation
Douglas Holt

“Think like a cultural entrepreneur.”

Goodbye to the ‘Pret economy’ and good luck to whatever replaces it: Cities will not die — their benefits could become more diffuse, with well-paid workers spread into the rest of the country.

Sarah O'Connor

‘The hardest commercial I have ever edited.’ How Nike created its split-screen masterpiece: The ad required extensive creative planning—and more than 1,000 hours of compositing.
AdWeek

Longevity linked to proteins that calm overexcited neurons: New research makes a molecular connection between the brain and aging — and shows that overactive neurons can shorten life span.
Quanta Magazine