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CV - The Future Is Now | Businesses Innovating Past COVID

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Randy Eccles

Published March 24, 2021 at 12:06 PM CDT

Panelist Headshots — (L-R) Katie Davison, Ranjan Karri, Bruce Sommer, Somnath Bhattacharya

Originally aired March 18, 2021.

The Future is Now: Business and Social Innovation in a Post Pandemic World

CV-THU-C_01.mp3

(Part 3) The Future Is Now -- how COVID is forcing the innovation of business practices that will last for a long time.

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(Part 2) The Future Is Now -- how COVID is forcing the innovation of business practices that will last for a long time.

Panel:

Katie Davison, Executive Director, Innovate Springfield
Dr. Ranjan Karri, Professor and Chair, Management, Marketing, and Operations, UIS
Bruce Sommer, Director of Economic Development and Innovation, UIS

Moderator:

Dr. Somnath Bhattacharya, Dean, College of Business and Management, UIS