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Tag Archives: TED

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TEDxNewEngland Talk – Nilofer Merchant on Inclusivity

November 28, 2012November 27, 2012

How would you reinvent business, reinvent America, or reinvent the world? This is the question I was asked to answer a few weeks back for a #TEDtalk.  TEDxNewEngland’s event was …

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Connections Creating Value

October 28, 2012October 28, 2012

As I sit on a plane on my way to another event, I am reflecting on what it means to be with one another, in person. What do we get …

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What I Learned from My TEDTalk

October 27, 2012October 28, 2012

I told you a few months ago I would write about what it felt like to do a TEDtalk. I published my perspective earlier this week at my Harvard blog …

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Our Obsession with Scale is Failing Us

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012

Bank of America just announced they will cut 16,000 jobs by year-end, an acceleration of a previously announced “efficiency effort.” After this, they’ll no longer be the largest banking employer. …

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TedGlobal Talk: Banking on Openness

September 5, 2012December 13, 2012

As you might have noticed, I took the summer off. Well, not quite off.  More like away.  I went to Scotland, and gave a talk at TEDGlobal on the topic …

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Advice to Writers

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012

When I was in grad school, I had this habit to clean the house to avoid the act of studying. I would study with some amount of focus for 20 …

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The Checklist for Changing the World

April 4, 2012April 6, 2012

Most people think that ideas change the world. That’s not true. Ideas in our head do not create change. Ideas, co-created with others, fueled by the conviction of our hearts …

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What Replaces Marketing

April 4, 2012April 6, 2012

During the last few months, I’ve been teaching and advising some students over at Stanford University on Entrepreneurial marketing (in a class taught by Chuck Eesley). My key thesis is …

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Quiet: Understanding & Celebrating Introverts

March 29, 2012March 29, 2012

The last few weeks I’ve been as limp as a lettuce leaf that had stayed a few weeks too long in the fridge. This is not unusual. It is what …

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