Events matching tag "leadership"
Friday, March 7
The Millennial generation, born between 1980-2000, is moving into manager and leadership positions rapidly with a desire to excel. They have a workplace style that is vastly different than their predecessors. Raised in a…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jennifer Selke
It is projected that by 2050 Africa's GDP will be bigger than the GDPs of the U.S and China combined. The continent as a whole has been growing at over 5% annually for close to a decade. This trend if maintained means th…
Beginner
Presenters
Frank Aswani, John Kidenda, Rick Reeder, Takalani Malivha
Saturday, March 8
Just as we took our cues from MBAs and the military in casting the ideal CEO of the 20th century, we can look to design - in its broadest form - to model our future leader, the DEO. DEOs look at every business challenge …
Beginner
Presenters
Christopher Ireland, Maria Giudice
We tend to think of creativity in terms reminiscent of the ancient muses: divinely-inspired, unpredictable, and bestowed upon a lucky few. But when our jobs challenge us to be creative on demand, we must develop novel, u…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Burkus
Sunday, March 9
Clay Shirky has said that the only institutions that will thrive in the Internet age are those born of the Internet. We have built an ecosystem to advance digital startups: accelerators and incubators, mentors, curriculu…
Intermediate
Presenters
Brian Bannon, Harper Reed, John Bracken, Laura Ramos
The hard thing isn’t dreaming big. The hard thing is sweating through the night when the dream turns into a nightmare. Minimizing politics. Firing friends. Sustaining a CEO mentality. Surviving the Struggle. While m…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ben Horowitz, Nas
Monday, March 10
Game changing innovation begins with a grand challenge, which must be championed by leaders looking to build product teams to change the world. In order to empower teams to achieve awesome, companies must change how deci…
Intermediate
Presenters
Scott Cook
Tuesday, March 11
It doesn't take a creative to inspire creativity. So, what does it take? An all company Freaky Friday perhaps?! Swaps roles for the day and gain invaluable perspective. Turn your CEO into a developer, your Accountant i…
Beginner
Presenters
Megan Coffey