Interviews

November 23rd, 2016

Self Managed Organizations at Scale

Self-managed ways of working are capturing a lot of attention across the business world. Most tech and NGO startups have this mindset from the get go, and those companies who haven’t moved to a more self-organized way conveniently point to this and say “see - it’s only for start-ups...”.

Perry Timms, Founder & Chief Energy Officer: PTHR (People and Transformational HR Ltd)

November 15th, 2016

The Rise of the Machines

From bots to chat, A.I. to conversational UIs, cognitive computing, machine learning, deep learning ... this session explains all: What is it? Why now? What should the travel industry do?

Shane Corstorphine, General Manager Americas, Skyscanner

November 11th, 2016

The Superstructure of a Fundable Travel Startup

In this interview, Chris will tell us about the six gotta-haves in order to attract venture capital investors.

Chris Hemmeter, Managing Director at Thayer Ventures

November 10th, 2016

The Travel Distribution Technology Ecosystem: Dinosaur or Leading Edge?

Bob Offutt is a travel technology visionary. His vast experience and hands on leadership in travel distribution make place him firmly at the forefront of innovation in travel. In his role as editorial director of Phocuswright's Innovation Edition and a leader of The Travel Innovation Summit.

Bob Offutt, Senior Technology Analyst and Editorial Director

November 9th, 2016

What Do Some of the Most Innovative Businesses Have in Common?

Having worked with a range of companies, Katya noticed a trend people often spend more time being frustrated at work than they do being productive.

Katya Margolin, Writer, Editor, Content Marketing Strategist

November 4th, 2016

Cognitive Computing and What It Means to Travel

Cognitive computing is the simulation of human thought processes in a computerized model.

Raj Singh, CEO, GoMoment, Inc

November 2nd, 2016

Build A Workplace People Love – Just Add Joy

Some call it agile, some call it lean … Sheridan and his team call it joyful. And it produces results, business and otherwise.

Richard Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations; Author of Joy, Inc

October 26th, 2016

A Search to the World’s Most Progressive Workplaces

Pim de Morree, together with co-founder Joost Minnaar, decided to quit his job and set off on a mission to travel the world, meeting and learning from pioneers in workplace wellbeing and happiness–ticking off the heroes on their Bucket List as they go.

Pim de Morree, Corporate Rebel

October 19th, 2016

Organizational Self-Management: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The Workplace of the Future is Already Here! Driving innovation, leadership and tangible business results from creative organizational design, by developing the agile, adaptable and sustainable organizations of the future.

Doug Kirkpatrick, US Partner at NuFocus Strategic Group

October 12th, 2016

Self-Organizing Beyond the Work

Pushing the boundaries of self-organization - Work, earn, live on-purpose.

Tom Thomison, Founding Member, Partner at encode.org

October 6th, 2016

The future of work is here – NOW! Raising Leadership Consciousness

Business has been called to be better for the world for some time now. To regenerate health and prosperity calls for a deeper level of human potential just waiting to be activated.

Dawna Jones, Transformational Insights, Advanced Decision Making, Leadership Awareness for Complexity

August 17th, 2016

Bringing Amazon Survival Skills To Business

The author of 'Jungle' a bestselling book about his adventures in the Amazon, has sold over a million copies worldwide. Aired on the Discovery Channel's hit series, 'I shouldn't be alive' and soon released as a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe.

Yossi Ghinsberg, Founder & CEO @ Blinq.me

August 3rd, 2016

Are You Ready for the Bot Disruption?

Services such as Amazon Alexa etc. respond to voice commands, and are capable of conducting a conversation using human voice when responding. This new human-centric technology is disruptive in the sense that it has the potential to usher a new era of the so-called ‘screenless user interfaces’. 

Alex Bunardzic, Research and Development @ Staples

July 27th, 2016

Age and Experience in Silicon Valley… and Beyond

Robert draws on his years of experience based on an old saying: "The more things change, the more they stay the same." With so much emphasis these days still being placed on youth, he remains an outlier in the startup community.

Robert Lee, Lifelong entrepreneur, inventor and artist

July 20th, 2016

The New .NET: How .NET and Microsoft are Changing

Scott Allen talks about why he thinks that Microsoft and .NET are moving along with the times in the technology world.

Scott Allen, Software Developer, Author and Consultant