OnInnovation: Visionaries thinking out loud. A video oral history project advancing a culture of innovation powered by The Henry Ford.
Current Innovators
Will AllenChampion of Urban Farming, Entrepreneur
Mitchell BakerChairperson, Mozilla Foundation
Don ChadwickProduct Designer
Bill GatesSoftware Icon, Philanthropist
Dean KamenInventor, Humanitarian
William McDonoughArchitect & Designer
Bob MetcalfeVenture Capitalist, Inventor of Ethernet, Pundit and Provocateur
Gordon MooreChemist, Co-Founder Intel Corporation, Author of Moore's Law
Toshiko MoriArchitect
Elon MuskFounder, PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors & Solar City
Pierre OmidyarFounder, eBay & Omidyar Network
Stan OvshinskyVisionary of Solar-Hydrogen-Based Economy
Ann Marie SastryEngineering Professor, Lithium-ion Battery Expert
Carroll ShelbyAutomotive Designer
Martha StewartEntrepreneur, Creative Excellence
Lyn St. JamesRecord Breaker, Businesswoman
Alfred TaubmanShopping Mall Pioneer
Bobby UnserInventor, Collaborator, 3-time Indy 500 Winner
Steve WozniakCo-Founder, Apple Computer
Historic Innovators
George Washington CarverAgricultural Scientist, Social Activist
Thomas EdisonProlific Inventor, Change Agent
Henry FordFounder, Ford Motor Company
Buckminster FullerVisionary Thinker, Serial Entrepreneur
Rosa ParksCivil Rights Hero
Wilbur and Orville WrightProblem Solvers
Upcoming Innovators
Charles Elachi
Dan Gurney
Jim Hall
Chuck Jones
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Innovator Videos
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Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder, Apple Computer
Wozniak's inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s.
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Carroll Shelby
Automotive Designer
In 1962, Shelby designed the Cobra sports car and went on to become one of the premier high-performance automobile designers.
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Henry Ford
Founder, Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford's innovations, such as the Model T and the development of the modern assembly line, revolutionized the way the world travels.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
Problem Solvers
When it came to the problem of flight, Wilbur and Orville Wrights' systematic approach led to insights that simply eluded their contemporaries.
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