To create an innovative culture and climate, managers need to make sure that all employees know that...

1. Electric Cars: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News
To create an innovative culture and climate, managers need to make sure that all employees know
that innovation is a job requirement. It should be woven into the fabric of the business and given a
prominent place in job descriptions, procedures and performance evaluations.
Ira Kalb
Assistant Professor of Clinical Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California
From my perspective as a business professor, taxpayer and entrepreneur this seems to be an
amazing record. So, why does Mr. Musk face a constant stream of vitriol over his relationship with
the government?
Greg Autry
Assistant Prof. of Clinical Entrepreneurship at USC, Economist with the Coalition for a Prosperous
American; Co-author 'Death by China'
The Apple car is coming. And by its code name, it is clear that Apple is aware of and prepared for an
epic battle. It won't be easy, but if there is a company on earth that has skills, processes, and capital
to disrupt the calcified juggernaut that is the auto industry, it is Apple.
As a proud born-and-bred Parisian, as an enthusiastic traveller, as someone who's been living
abroad, I must confess that each time I go back home I'm shocked by some archaic features of the
City of Lights.
Tara Heuzé-S.
Most of the time a student, but also a passionate globetrotter and artist
It is estimated that 80 to 85 percent of the energy consumed in the U.S. is from fossil fuels. One of
the main reasons given for continuing to use this energy source is that it is much less expensive than
alternatives. The true cost, however, depends on what you include in the calculation, and there are
so many costs not figured in the bills we pay for energy.
Ira Kalb
Assistant Professor of Clinical Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California
This week Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut wisely announced a new electric car rebate program
that gives a more immediate discount than any other state has provided to date; you get the rebate
right at the dealership, whether you're leasing or buying the car. In the car-selling world, they call
that "cash on the hood of the car."
Today, the Elon Musk biography by Ashlee Vance is finally available. It will "likely serve as the
definitive account" of the most successful entrepreneur in the world, writes Jon Gertner in the New

2. York Times.
With the price of a gallon of regular gasoline at a five-year low, consumers thinking about going
electric face a difficult financial choice.
Just over a decade ago, the state of California faced serious concerns about whether its utilities
could generate and/or buy enough power to assure that the world's seventh-largest economy could
keep the lights on.
Clint Wilder
Author, 'Clean Tech Nation' and 'The Clean Tech Revolution'
This workplace gender policing is hurting everyone -- men, women, children and the businesses
themselves. Across the country, men are joining with women to rise up against the backward
policies, laws and stigmas that are damaging us and preventing us from achieving gender equality.
Josh Levs
Author, All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses -- And How We Can
Fix It Together (see joshlevs.com)
Imagine if someone asked "would you invest in this company?" Your answer is going to be similar.
With a few additions.
Really big and disruptive changes are hard to imagine until they are upon us. But there are a few
leading indicators that suggest that big changes are afoot in the world of transportation energy.
Tesla has a reputation for bringing out new products well behind initially-announced schedules. Both
their Roadster and Model S were delayed multiple times before finally being released to the public.
Model X is fully one year behind schedule, with no firm release date yet provided.
Elon Musk, founder of PayPal and the electric car company Tesla, among other entrepreneurial
ventures, has promised to change the way our homes and energy work around the world. At least
that part of the world that could pay for the Powerwall.
Julian Popov
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe, Fellow of the
European Climate Foundation and former Minister of Environment of Bulgaria
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Last week was startling -- but confusing -- on the energy/water nexus innovation front.
Carl Pope
Former executive director and chairman, Sierra Club