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What’s civic innovation & how can it help cities? Elisha Muskat is a social innovation leader. She tells us how cities can innovate to include more of their citizens & opportunities to solve old problems in exciting new ways.
Shari Hughson has been a nurse, entrepreneur, intrapreneur & social innovator who lived off the land for 7 years. She chats on why innovation is a human survival skill & a systematic process, how intrapreneurs & entrepreneurs are alike & why curiosity & execution are essential skills to solve problems in a new way.
What is design & why does it matter? Kelly Shaw, Design Director at J5's Social Impact Lab, demystifies design thinking. He talks about how companies & non-profits can use good design to innovate & solve problems & why Spotify is his favourite example of good design.
Coalition Snow is an industry upstart. CEO Jen Gurecki gets frank about breaking into the outdoor industry, shaking things up & creating a platform around community & social change while manufacturing women’s skis & snowboards. Bring your sisu spirit & a bottle of bourbon.
Christa Avampato is a product development expert, business writer & award-winning fiction author. She talks about why tech is about stories; biomimicry & product design, the career story you need to tell & reinventing your career & life through creativity & imagination.
Vizworx is a company that combines innovative ideas from university, employees new grads and students as developers and works on cutting edge technology solutions. Co-founders Jeff Lafrenz, Vizworx president and Frank Maurer, its CTO and a computer science professor, tells its story and why it matters for universities and innovation.
Niki Choo co-founded Campsyte, an outdoor workspace in San Fransisco, out of her experience in business, outdoor recreation, real estate development and psychology. Niki explains the benefits of working outside and talks about Campsyte's beginnings, growth and how cross-pollination can help create new careers and creative new businesses.
Vera is a computer scientist & filmmaker. Her story is familiar to innovators everywhere who’ve taken risks, created something new and persisted to send their ideas into the world. Vera explains how IT & an outsider's perspective add creative value to her films, mastering a new field & learning to overcome setbacks & tough competition.
Lisa Robbin Young turns viable creative ventures into sustainable businesses. She talks about the 3 types of creative entrepreneurs and her incubator that helps them develop businesses they can grow and maintain. Lisa is an experienced entrepreneur, author, musician and the founder of Ark Entertainment Media. She talks cross-pollinating to invent a career, experimentation, solving problems based on your creative type and why you need to know that goals are important but not the end of the story.
Lisa Robbin Young turns viable creative ventures into sustainable businesses. She talks about the 3 types of creative entrepreneur and her incubator that helps commercialize their expertise. Lisa is an […]
Chic Geek's founder/Exec Director on innovating and bootstrapping with a tiny budget, a volunteer army and best practices from startups, tech, business and non-profits. Kylie Woods talks about engaging more women in tech, the business case for diversity and how her communications background helped grow Chic Geek into an industry changemaker. Kylie shares insights on using your background in industries where your skills aren’t an obvious fit and the honesty, awareness and learning needed to become a great leader.
Pro skier/entrepreneur Leah Evans turns dreams into reality. Leah talks about using sport to grow and take positive risks to get out of your comfort zone. She talks about developing new films, music and business ventures, about downtime, learning from failure and coming back. Leah is a Patagonia Ambassador, Director and founder of Girls Do Ski and Airplane Mode camps and an assistant ACMG hiking guide. She has produced and appeared in films, international ski camps and expeditions.
What happens when disruption & change are your industry norm? Tech marketing expert Gal Corfas works with business-to-business startups. He talks job and education trends based on the experience of his industry and how cross-pollinating and continuous learning in different areas can help. Gal explains how rapid change has influenced digital marketing, different generations at work and the way that we think. He also talks about working globally and the connection between culture and innovation.
Velma Mockett is an unconventional psychologist and natural rebel with a background that mixes psychology, business, and public health. She helps people implement and maintain positive changes in their lives. Velma believes cross-pollinating gives you more ways to gain insights and develop solutions in facing life’s challenge. She talks strengths, addiction, mental health, resilience, emotional fitness and how to add more tools to your toolbox.
How do you innovate in a large organization? Nima Safaian works in financial trading. Frustrated by outdated tools and methods, he wanted to create something new and better. Nima cross-pollinates data science, machine learning, design thinking, startup methods and linguistic analysis to create apps and new information for new insights on the financial markets. He talks about developing a team with no prior data science or coding background and what it took to innovate in a large organization.
How do you connect different parts of your career? Book coach/publisher and Seats-to-Meet co-owner, Elise de Bres is an expert at connecting people and ideas. Elise explains the red thread that connects her different businesses and talents and her unintended path to entrepreneurship. Elise is a multi-passionate creative who looks to other fields for solutions, encourages opportunity through chance meetings and explains how being more open has benefitted her business.
Chic Geek combines best practices from startups, tech, business and non-profits. Founder/Executive Director, Kylie Woods tells the story of innovating and bootstrapping with a tiny budget and a volunteer army. She […]
How does sport help you take risks to move forward and grow? Pro skier and entrepreneur Leah Evans knows how to dream and turn dreams into reality. Leah shares her […]
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