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    Reigniting Creativity in Business

    Reigniting Creativity in Business

    Creativity has never been more essential to competitiveness in the business world, but the critical approach to practical originality in organizations is often lacking. Alan Iny offers a key to think outside the box: apply doubt to the very models and philosophies that make up the box itself.

    Keywords:
    Creative ability in business
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    How Data Will Transform Business

    How Data Will Transform Business

    What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two long-standing theories in strategy -- and explains why he thinks they are essentially invalid.

    Subjects:
    Business Information Technology
    Keywords:
    Business enterprises -- Technological innovations Business -- Data processing
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    My Wish: To Launch A New Era of Openness in Business

    My Wish: To Launch A New Era of Openness in Business

    Anonymous companies protect corrupt individuals – from notorious drug cartel leaders to nefarious arms dealers – behind a shroud of mystery that makes it almost impossible to find and hold them responsible. But anti-corruption activist Charmian Gooch hopes to change all that. At TED2014, she shares her brave TED Prize wish: to know who owns and controls companies, to change the law, and to launch a new era of openness in business.

    Subjects:
    Business Ethics
    Keywords:
    Business ethics Corruption
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    Business Model Innovation: Beating Yourself at Your Own Game

    Business Model Innovation: Beating Yourself at Your Own Game

    It seems as though Uber upended the taxi industry in less time than it takes to drive across Manhattan at rush hour. How did they do it, and what can legacy companies learn from their example? Business transformation expert Stefan Gross-Selbeck distills the unique qualities of today's most successful start-ups and shares strategies for replicating this spirit of hyper-innovation and disruption in any business.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Business enterprises -- Technological innovations New business enterprises
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    Family Businesses Are Here to Stay, And Thrive

    Family Businesses Are Here to Stay, And Thrive

    What do Wal-Mart, Mars and Newscorp have in common? They're family businesses. Vikram Bhalla analyzes the unique strengths and weaknesses of family businesses today, contrasting them with the humble mom-and-pop store the term usually brings to mind. Vikram's research reveals that family businesses in emerging economies are the fastest-growing and most ambitious breed of companies in the world. He maps out some valuable lessons that these successful ventures can share for both family and traditional companies.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Family-owned business enterprises
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    Women in Business: Entirely Unremarkable

    Women in Business: Entirely Unremarkable

    Kirsten Hall has a provocative question: is it time to stop celebrating women in business, just for being women in business? Maybe, she suggests, we can wind down the idea of corporate women's groups - and position women in business as the new normal.

    Keywords:
    Businesswomen
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    Video
     
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    How I Turned A Deadly Plant into A Thriving Business

    How I Turned A Deadly Plant into A Thriving Business

    The water hyacinth may look like a harmless, even beautiful flowering plant -- but it's actually an invasive aquatic weed that clogs waterways, stopping trade, interrupting schooling and disrupting everyday life. In this scourge, green entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba saw opportunity. Follow her journey as she turns weeds into woven wonders.

    Keywords:
    Businesswomen Agriculture
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    3 Lessons on Success from An Arab Businesswoman

    3 Lessons on Success from An Arab Businesswoman

    Professional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their success teach us about tenacity, competition, priorities and progress? Tracing her career as an engineer, advocate and mother in Abu Dhabi, Leila Hoteit shares three lessons for thriving in the modern world.

    Keywords:
    Businesswomen Arab countries
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    Video
     
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    How The Blockchain Is Changing Money And Business

    How The Blockchain Is Changing Money And Business

    What is the blockchain? If you don't know, you should; if you do, chances are you still need some clarification on how it actually works. Don Tapscott is here to help, demystifying this world-changing, trust-building technology which, he says, represents nothing less than the second generation of the internet and holds the potential to transform money, business, government and society.

    Subjects:
    Computing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Finance, and Economics
    Keywords:
    Banks banking -- Technological innovations Blockchains (Databases)
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    What Really Motivates People to Be Honest in Business

    What Really Motivates People to Be Honest in Business

    Each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of doing the right thing. Join him for an introspective journey down the slippery slopes of deception as he helps us understand why people behave the way they do.

    Subjects:
    Business Ethics
    Keywords:
    Business ethics Fraud
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    Video