The ATM. Audio books. The telephone. Now part of our everyday lives, it took years before these innovations hit mainstream adoption. Hear from author Malcolm Gladwell on why this gap between innovation and adoption exists and the societal paradigm shifts needed for innovation to take off. Then take a peek into his new book, Talking To Strangers, which explains why what we think we see in others isn’t always the truth. This replay of a live broadcast features audience Q&A.
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Opening Thoughts
The Gap Between Innovation and Adoption
Generational Impact on Innovation
Does Virtual Reality Require a New Generation - or Just 5G?
Finding a Home for New Technology Innovations
The Business of Blockchain
People are Bad Lie Detectors
Qualities Leaders Need to Manage Uncertainity
Delivering New Sophistication to Audiobooks
Top Insights for Strategy and Execution in 2020
Audience Q&A
Closing Thoughts
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point; Blink;Outliers; What the Dog Saw; and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. His newest book, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, releases September 2019. He has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers.
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