September 12, 2008
 

Payette’s New Biomedical Research Facility Encourages Translational Research
This June, Boston-based Payette completed the Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine/Harold and Muriel Block Research Pavilion at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City. The 223,000-square-foot biomedical research building is the newest addition to the College of Medicine’s campus and will be a training ground for physicians and scientists in the growing science of biomedicine.

San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral Goes Solar
With the help of generous donations and green incentives, this city icon comes around to alternative energy
A donation from Pacific Gas and Electric Company and rebate incentives from the GoSolarSF program have allowed San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral to invest in a solar power system. SolarCity, one of the nation’s largest solar panel installers, has designed the array and elected to hide the panels from view in order to preserve the church’s French Gothic architecture. Sally Bingham, of the nonprofit California Interfaith Power and Light, helped to broker the donation deal between Grace Cathedral and Pacific Gas and Electric.

Is Your Firm Killing Creativity?
Five lessons to cultivate breakthrough innovation for explosive growth
Conducting “business as usual” is a surefire way to make your firm obsolete, says NonBox Consulting Managing Partner Scott Jeffrey. Growth requires unbridled creativity to innovate, solve problems, and create a fabulous client experience, which in turn requires the proper inner and outer conditions to manifest. We must learn to eliminate the barriers to rapid creative innovation. Following are five lessons businesses must learn to unleash creativity and innovation in the workplace.

 
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