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Carl Størmer takes examples from life, work, and jazz music to emphasize the importance of conversation and interaction in everything that we do as humans. A song offers structure to limit the options in which a group of musicians interact. And, you measure musicians on the quality of their interaction within a group. In this moving and emotional #BIF9 story, Størmer teaches us that in order to progress in life, you have to be open to other people's ideas and be willing to go in directions you may not expect. Because, control is for beginners and all you have is influence.
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In this powerful #BIF9 Summit talk, we are taken on a journey through the evolution of gender and sexuality. When the Dalai Lama told James Doty that he believes western women will save humanity, Doty was inspired to explore how this could be true. Doty shows that when feminists challenged institutional discrimination and stepped out of their traditional roles, it not only allowed men to flourish in new roles but advanced the evolution of humanity toward compassion.
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The room is the smartest person in the 21st century, but only if every person in the room contributes everything they have. Instead, we are told growing up that we don't matter and we stop contributing. Angela Maiers, Founder and CEO of Maiers Educational Services, tells the story of how a classroom of students went from believing that they don't matter to believing that their contribution can change the world. They are not asking for permission, they are simply asking you to notice and contribute to the change they are making.
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What is an 8th generation Rabbi doing at BIF? As President of The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Kula believes we need to innovate religion. Why? Because, we are living in a moment of transition; a moment of re-imagining what it means to be human. Technology is going to be the hardware of humanity, but how it is used will be based on the software of humanity. Religious leadership has nothing to contribute now but to bring the consciousness of morality to the conversations around innovation and design.
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Easton LaChappelle wanted to create something new, something user friendly, something the public really needed. He began with an idea he had at age 14 and to develop a prosthetic arm. He has been inspired by a 7 year old girl to push himself further and develop a fingertip to shoulder limb which is controlled by the human brain. LaChappelle encourages us to redefine the proverbial box and stare down expectations.
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Dava Newman tells the Tale of Three Suits. The space suits she has designed for NASA help astronauts maintain bone density and to be as efficient as possible. Newman hopes the space developed technology is also used to empower people with disabilities to complete daily activities to help them live happy lives.
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Growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China, Ping Fu wanted to be an astronaut. She survived 10 years of abuse, both physical and emotional, and has since gone on to create her own company Geomagic, bringing 3D printing software to design. Recently, her technology was used in a space shuttle, bringing her a little bit closer to her childhood dream.
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People in a community move forward together. People in a crowd just push, shove, and elbow, trying to get ahead. Doug Ulman explains how he and the LIVESTRONG team were able to build a community of cancer survivors to generate a conversation around survivorship, all the while democratizing philanthropy.
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The Vice President of Global Design at Coca Cola has made it his mission to help startups scale. Why? 95% of startups fail. And yet, there is so much that big companies like Coca Cola can learn from them in order to keep their brand fresh.
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From living in apartheid South Africa to working toward being a human rights lawyer to becoming the CEO of a luxury fashion brand, Paul van Zyl proves that entrepreneurs can do good. Van Zyl explains how he was able to preserve the disappearing artistic tradition of weaving and turn some of the world’s oldest cultural productions into luxury items demanding price points that acknowledge their unique worth.
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JoAnn Stonier offers an incredibly unique perspective to privacy as both an interior designer and Global Privacy & Data Protection officer for MasterCard Worldwide. When Stonier recently spent her vacation visiting Newport, RI, she was able to bring together both perspectives into a brief and unconventional history of the privacy conversation in the United States.
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In a time when many of our major industries are disintegrating and reconstructing at a rapid pace, Bruce Nussbaum gives advice as someone who, quite literally, lives in a constant state of “lost.” While struggling with spacial dyslexia, Bruce has relied upon design to make meaning of the world. In the process, he has discovered that context, ritual, and engagement are key.
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Howard Lindzon believes that we are living in an era of social leverage. Since financial leverage went out the window with the crash in 2008, Lindzon argues that we need to leverage the social tools that help us connect the dots and learn the language of markets.
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Now, more than ever, we need innovators inside our biggest organizations. And yet, these rebels at work are often lacking the tools they need to be effective amidst the conflict. Carmen gives a funny and validating new spin to her 30 year story as a rebel in CIA and reminds us all that “optimism is the greatest form of rebellion.”
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Grant Garrison believes that people are fundamentally good, which he attributes to a dominant belief in enlightened self-interest. From his work at GOODCorps, a for-profit consulting arm of GOOD, Grant has learned that we are never going to make the change we want to see in the world without engaging everyone who is connected to an issue in the solution. And, big brands are the most effective way to connect big groups of people to solve our most pressing issues.
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Rosanne Haggerty speaks to any person who is frustrated by a huge social problem, and feels they only have tools to manage the symptoms. Instead, she offers a powerful story of her long and hard work to end homelessness, system-wide. She leaves us with one transformative thought: “our pride in our most recent innovation may be the barrier in seeing what our next one could be.”
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Scott Heimendinger is a geek. A food geek, more specifically. While Scott has never been an artist or fearless entrepreneur, he found his own way to be creative. Scott challenges the notion that there is only one way to be boldly passionate, reflecting that it is more important to find the right pond of people who can challenge you to expand your own boundaries.
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Steve Blank gives us the inside scoop on the Lean Startup Movement. Thanks to the work of Joseph Campbell and newfound retirement, Steve Blank began to look at the patterns making up the myth of entrepreneurship. Steve traces the impact of the movement through entrepreneurship as well as education and the commercialization of science.
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Whitney Johnson has one question in mind: did I show up? She ushers us through several stories in which she and her loved ones have been challenged in their quest to make their dreams a reality. From the day of her brother’s birth, to a Kohl's parking lot, to the bustle of Wall Street and to the hard streets of Uruguay, Whitney has found that it is only by showing up that our dreams can find us.
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Richard Saul Wurman starts his BIF9 talk with one powerful statement: the word 'innovation' has lost its meaning. Instead, he suggests that subtraction is the key to innovation, telling innovators to find A NOSE (Addition, Need, Opposites, Subtraction, Epiphany).
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What if young people learn the most when they are changing the world? Andrew Mangino started breaking the rules when he and some classmates sued his high school for newspaper censorship. Ever since, he has encouraged young people to dream, find inspiration and quit waiting for permission.
