FutureM 2014

Growth comes from making the bold move first, and bold moves spring from a culture of innovation: listening more carefully outside and strategically pushing things further and faster inside. To change industries we have to uncover new ideas and creatively evolve them to be distinct and own-able. If it is not a natural evolution, then the ideas may not connect with customers, but if the ideas are not sufficiently evolved, then our clients cannot own them. Our experience with radical innovation shows that to drive growth we have to constantly strive for a more perfect union of empathy, data, and inspiration. Join this session to learn from an innovation leader committed to finding new ways to make life better.

You've got a big idea. A big BIG idea. But there's no budget. The people around you think it's impossible. The schedule is a mess. Your client wants a product spot that looks exactly like last year's spot, “but fresher.” How do you keep your idea alive with all of the forces arrayed to kill it? Join Ben Jones from Google and Matt Lindley from Sapient as they discuss how to sell through innovative ideas in a world that claims to want them, but kills them off with gleeful relish.

Learn how TED is changing people's expectations of communications, what makes great TED talks succeed, and how the principles underlying that success can be applied to business communication. Tamsen Webster will share what she has learned about TED talks from prepping speakers for TEDxCambridge, and map that to specific principles and tools that the audience can immediately apply.