Off the Whiteboard into the Real World
Alexander Osterwalder
September 21, 2012
Dan Pink is author of several bestselling books about the changing world of work. He is also a crazy-cool, insightful provocateur whose latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, uses 40 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance. Dan is also the author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future and Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself. Dan joined the BIF community on March 29, 2010 for a unique opportunity to talk about the his newest book and his many adventures pushing against anecdotal and outdated wisdom about why we humans do what we do.
Following the BIF-8 Summit, get your hands dirty with Saul Kaplan and Alex Osterwalder, in an exclusive Workshop digging into the challenges and opportunities of business model innovation. Only 100 tickets are available for this exclusive event. Register by April 30, 2012 and save $150 off the regular ticket price .
This year will bring us another amazing group of storytellers. Check back often for the latest. Here are our early additions.
Director of Business Innovation, Intel Corporation
Founder, Buzzcar and Zipcar
President, ArtPlace
Research Scientist, The Center for Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
CEO and Founder, Civic Ventures
Chief Strategy Officer, Spigit
Executive Director, Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
CEO and Founder, KaBOOM!
Founder, Chief Scientist, orgnet.com
Bestselling Author and Illustrator of The Way We Work and The New Way Things Work
Executive Director, Providence After School Alliance
Founder, PeaceLove
Dean of Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Founding Editor, Fast Company, Coauthor, Mavericks at Work, New book, Practically Radical