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Speak Easy

Welcome to ‘Speak Easy’ – WSB’s blog featuring expert advice from the world’s best thought leaders.

Technology futurist, Ian Khan, dives into the current era of AI research, explores the implications of the evolution of generative AI, and shares three ways organizations can start using these tools in their business strategies.

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AI-Powered Innovation: Three Ways Generative AI Can Shake Up Your Business Strategy · Ian Khan

Technology futurist, Ian Khan, dives into the current era of AI research, explores the implications of the evolution of generative AI, and shares three ways organizations can start using these tools in their business strategies.

Former NASA Astronaut, Mike Massimino, shares lessons on innovative problem solving.

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Your Workplace is Your Laboratory · Mike Massimino

Former NASA Astronaut, Mike Massimino, shares lessons on innovative problem solving.

Teacher turned entrepreneur and founder of WIT - Whatever It Takes, Sarah Hernholm, shares tips for how to empower yourself and others during challenging times. 

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Three Reminders To Help You Go From Victim to Victor  · Sarah Hernholm

Teacher turned entrepreneur and founder of WIT – Whatever It Takes, Sarah Hernholm, shares tips for how to empower yourself and others during challenging times. 

Global Futurist and best selling author, Nikolas Badminton, shares insights into how organizations can strengthen their strategic thinking and see disruption ahead of time through futures exploration.

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Strengthening Strategic Thinking with Futures Exploration · Nikolas Badminton

Global Futurist and best selling author, Nikolas Badminton, shares insights into how organizations can strengthen their strategic thinking and see disruption ahead of time through futures exploration.

Music photographer, Rob Shanahan, shares how pushing past fear and living for your daydream can take you places you never imagined.

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The Power of Living for Your Daydream · Rob Shanahan

Celebrated music photographer Rob Shanahan shares how pushing past fear to let go of the status quo and follow your big dreams can take you to places you never imagined.

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How to Overcome the Fear of Failure · Obi Felten

Obi Felten is the founder/CEO of Flourish Labs, a mental health startup, and former Head of Getting Moonshots Ready for Contact with the Real World at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab. In this blog, Obi shares lessons in resilience and how to overcome the fear of failure from her personal experience of living through two decades of tech industry booms and busts, and the recent Silicon Valley Bank meltdown.