Getting Off the Sidelines: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Senator Kirsten...
When Senator Gillibrand visited LinkedIn last week for her Speaker Series talk, she not only impressed us with her legislative accomplishments; she demonstrated the importance of telling stories — our...
View ArticleCreating Opportunity for All: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Kiva’s Premal Shah...
Last week, I had the chance to attend an inspiring LinkedIn Speaker Series discussion with LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman, the President of Kiva, Premal Shah, and Kiva’s Executive Chair of the...
View ArticleLearning How to Throw Blind: LinkedIn Speaker Series with NFL Hall of Famer
On January 29, 1995, the San Francisco 49ers walked out of the locker room at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida to face the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. It didn’t take long for the 49ers,...
View ArticleAchieving Equal Economic Opportunity: LinkedIn Speaker Series with John Hope...
“Doing good and doing well aren’t mutually exclusive.” This was just one of many important messages LinkedIn Influencer John Hope Bryant delivered when he spoke at LinkedIn, but it is the one that...
View ArticlePurpose Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary: LinkedIn Speaker Series with...
When Mallika Chopra kicked off our most recent LinkedIn Speaker Series introducing herself as someone who is an irregular meditator, doesn’t care much for yoga, and unwinds with a glass of scotch at...
View ArticleNurturing Our Generosity Gene with Jack & Suzy Welch: LinkedIn Speaker Series
We recently had the honor of hosting Jack and Suzy Welch at our LinkedIn Speaker Series. Their new book, The Real-Life MBA, was just released and we were lucky enough to get a sneak peek at some of...
View ArticleThe Importance of Mindfulness and Compassion at Work: LinkedIn Speaker Series...
Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who left a career in cellular genetics to study Buddhism in the Himalayas more than 45 years ago. Often referred to as the “happiest man in the world,” Matthieu is an...
View ArticleCreating a World Without Unemployment: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Professor...
LinkedIn recently had the honor of hosting Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Professor Muhammad Yunus, at our LinkedIn Speaker Series. Professor Yunus delivered an inspiring talk on his experiences...
View ArticleHow Curiosity Around Coffee Grounds Turned Into a Thriving Business: LinkedIn...
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Alejandro Velez speak at the LinkedIn Speaker Series about his company, Back to the Roots, a start-up focused on bringing sustainable, organic foods to...
View ArticleIs the American Dream in Crisis? LinkedIn Speaker Series With Professor...
Having a home full of books and a mother who was a teacher led me to love reading from an early age. When I was in kindergarten, my hand always shot up when my teachers asked for volunteers to read out...
View ArticleBusiness Lessons from the Front Line: LinkedIn Speaker Series with General...
Change is a hard to accept, let alone enact. This is especially true when you have to change an industrial mindset that has established and maintained its rigid structure for centuries. It requires...
View ArticleLessons from a Dragon: LinkedIn Speaker Series With James Caan CBE
For those of you not familiar with Dragons’ Den it’s a reality television show in the UK featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to the “dragons” in order to secure investment finance...
View ArticleUnleash Your Inherent Greatness: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Deepak Chopra
If you’re reading this, chances are you have the desire to be great at the things that you care about. Your career, family, personal accomplishment, whatever the case may be, you want to unlock its...
View ArticleBringing the Economic Graph to Life: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Zoë Baird
Zoë Baird, CEO and President of the Markle Foundation, believes that the world’s economy is changing -- and she’s right. Long gone are the days of the Industrial Revolution, and the tools that were...
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The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Golden...
“Good enough” may be “good enough” for some people, but not for Joe Lacob. As the Owner and CEO of the Golden State Warriors, Lacob has always refused to settle for the status quo. Whether it was in...
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Start With Happiness to Find Success: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Neil Pasricha
How can I be happy? It’s a simple enough question, but one whose answer seems to evade so many. In fact, the quest for happiness has turned into a burgeoning industry full of books, coaches, and even...
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How a New Generation of Entrepreneurs Is Changing The World: LinkedIn Speaker...
These days, most of my travel planning is done straight from my smartphone. I ride to and from the airport on Uber or Lyft, I get a better sense of the city from the carefully chosen Airbnb I’m staying...
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Ego Is The Enemy: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Ryan Holiday
“When someone tells you they see something of themselves in you, and then they catastrophically implode in a very public, avoidable way, you sort of go, whoa, I don't want that to happen to me.” Ryan...
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Pushing Limits Rather Than Setting Them: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Scout...
As they say, “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish that counts.” This is something that I’ve heard throughout my entire life, whether it be from youth athletic coaches, professional mentors, or...
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The Era of Citizen Power: LinkedIn Speaker Series with Eric Liu
Shortly after taking the LinkedIn Speaker Series stage, Eric Liu, author, journalist, and teacher of civic power, emphatically expressed, “we’re all living in a remarkable moment in history.” This...
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