--- description: Patient-reported data, the improvement revolution, urban tech incubators, ‘sister city’ collaboration, and success beyond graduation. title: These Are Today's Best Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 4 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Peer-to-peer sharing of experiences could transform health care.**](http://www.iodine.com/blog/why-sharing-is-the-future-of-healthcare/ "undefined") By Susannah Fox in Iodine **2\.** [**A technological and analytical arms race is producing the best athletes in history. Can those advances be applied to education?**](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/better-time "undefined") By James Surowiecki in the New Yorker **3\.** [**In South Bronx, startups are ‘onshoring’ technology jobs and trying to spark a revolution.**](http://www.wired.com/2014/11/urban-onshoring/ "undefined") By Issie Lapowsky in Wired **4\.** [**‘Sister City’ relationships foster cross-border collaboration and spur economic development.**](http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/sister-city-partnership-cities-business-economic-development "undefined") By Nehemiah Rolle in Next City **5\.** [**Colleges and universities should focus on student success beyond graduation.**](https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/11/03/essay-duties-colleges-after-graduation-first-generation-students "undefined") By Karen Gross and Ivan Figueroa at Inside Higher Ed  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556189/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-4/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556189/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-4/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 4","datePublished":"2014-11-04T17:01:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:11.265Z","description":"Patient-reported data, the improvement revolution, urban tech incubators, ‘sister city’ collaboration, and success beyond graduation.","url":"https://time.com/3556189/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-4/","keywords":["Innovation","medicine","Sports topic","Education","College","Technology","NFL","Data topic","World","Doctor","Software","health","IT","NBA","graduation","teaching"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3556189/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-4/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 4"}}]}] ```