TEDxGrandRapids - Gabor George Burt - Innovate: Innovation
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The most successful companies understand that innovation is the engine of sustained growth and relevance. But easier said than done. So what is the path to systematic, meaningful innovation? Speaker Bio: Gabor George Burt is an internationally recognized expert on innovation, creativity and strategy development. His spheres of expertise help ... Read more
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Gabor George Burt - Innovate: Innovation
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The most successful companies understand that innovation is the engine of sustained growth and relevance. But easier said than done. So what is the path to systematic, meaningful innovation? Speaker Bio: Gabor George Burt is an internationally recognized expert on innovation, creativity and st...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Sam Harrington - Innovate: Ultra-Rapid Renewables
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)How long does it take to grow the materials we use? Two seemingly disparate ideas: materials and time. One is tangible, the other can't be touched, and can't be stopped. Speaker Bio: Sam Harrington joined Ecovative Design LLC in 2008 when the company was just a few people in a basement with a ...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Sheryl Connelly - Innovate: Uncertainty
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)How to think like a "futurist". Speaker Bio: Sheryl Connelly has led Ford Motor Company's Global Consumer Trends and Futuring activities for seven years. As the in-house Futurist, she is responsible for identifying and tracking trends that will shape consumers' value s , attitudes and beliefs ...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Christina Keller - Innovate: Entreprenuerism
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Entrepreneurship, engine for improvement. Speaker Bio: Christina Keller's education and work experience have been focused on sustainable business issues throughout the world. Currently, Christina is leading the Triple Quest Business Unit at Cascade Engineering, a joint project between CE and th...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Layli Miller-Muro - Innovate: Justice
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Protecting women and girls from violence in a way that truly transforms society to create authentic equality between women and men requires a new approach to leverage resources for justice and an honest examination of ourselves. Speaker Bio: Layli Miller-Muro is the Founder and Executive Direc...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids- Carol Coletta - Innovate: Your City
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)A brief look at trends shaping the way we will live and how cities must adapt to be successful. Speaker Bio: Carol Coletta is president of Coletta & Company, a consulting firm leading the start-up of ArtPlace, a new initiative to spark a creative placemaking movement across America. For the pa...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Garrett Borns - Musician
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Finding inspiration for music and lyrics from within and around the world, singer/songwriter Garrett Borns performs his eclectic fusion of sound, story and wordplay. Performer Bio: Garrett Borns is a gifted 19-year-old singer/songwriter from West Michigan. In 2010, his original composition The...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Innovation Panel discussion - I Innovate _________
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)There was a last minute speaker cancellation, so we decided to improvise. 4 audience members were brought on stage and asked about their impressions of the day and about Innovation, and what brought them to TEDxGrandRapids. Thanks to the following people for being willing to hop on stage in fr...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Michael Strong - Innovate: Experience
June 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)As a greater percentage of the population rises up Maslow's pyramid, an increasing percentage of market share in the developed world will come from companies that succeed at making human life more meaningful, richer, and more delightful for all stakeholders. How can we consciously create such com...
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- -: TEDxGrandRapids - Patrick Flanagan - Innovate: Cyborg Musicality
June 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Music-making machines have existed for centuries, but interacting with them in live performance poses new technical challenges and aesthetic questions about the locus of creativity and musical expression. Speaker Bio: Patrick Flanagan serves as the token human in the cyborg percussion ensemble...
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