Host Susanne Goldstein interviews a range of speakers and participants at WorldBlu LIVE 2005. Click below to listen.
Dan Pink is the author of “A Whole New Mind” the groundbreaking guide to surviving, thriving, and finding meaning in an outsourced, automated, upside-down world. His premise – that the skills needed to survive in a globalized, technology driven world are different from those of the past. Listen to find out why business people need to think like designers and what design has to do with organizational democracy.
Ann Price is the CEO of Motek, a democratic company in Beverly Hills, California, that has developed technologies that have redefined the supply chain execution software market. Ann’s employees are part of the everyday decision-making process at Motek. Here she talks about how her employees democratically run the business.
Graham Parker is the General Director of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the world’s only conductorless orchestra. The New York City-based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has a recording history of over 70 albums – all created without a conductor. This Grammy award-winning group consists of musicians who rotate “leadership” throughout the ensemble, making it the most democratic orchestra in the world.
Fredo Arias-King is the CEO of T&R Chemical and an expert in democratic transitions, serving as an advisor to the democratic movements in Moldova and Belarus. Hear how his boundless energy, worldwide network and strategic thinking combine to work for lasting democracy around the world.
Bashar Al-Naher is the representative outside of Iraq of the current Iraqi Prime Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jafaari. His aim is to bridge the gap and harmonize the relationship between the Muslim world and the West. With an uncommon clarity, Bashar Al-Naher discusses democracy in Iraq and how he hopes his country will become a model for a new paradigm of understanding and cooperation between nations based on the principles of democracy.
Who thought “happy” and “work” could go together so well? Alexander Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer at the Happy at Work Project in Copenhagen, Denmark, explains why happiness belongs in the workplace, and why it’s a major success factor for organizational success.
Business Week and Fast Company recently identified design as a current and future driver of competitive advantage. Ralf Beuker is a leading expert on design, management, and business and the founder of the Design Thinking Institute based in Germany. His weblog, which explores how managers can incorporate design principles into how they run their organization, attracts more than 20,000 visitors a month from around the world.
Andrei Cherney is the author of "The Next Deal," and a democratic advisor who has worked with Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and a variety of members of the U.S. Congress. At age 21, he became the youngest speechwriter in the White House in American history. Here Andrei offers his historical insights on the evolution of workplace management and what it means to business today.
Stephen Shapiro, author “24/7 Innovation” and “Goal-Free Living” explains that using a “compass instead of a map” in life allows for the adaptability needed into today’s work, personal, and global environment. Previously with Accenture, Stephen developed his program for goal-free living while driving cross-country researching the sequel to “24/7 Innovation”.
Roosevelt Finlayson is the Founder and CEO of The Festival in the Workplace (FITW) institute located in the Bahamas. FITW aims to develop new workplace cultures by applying lessons from the Bahamian “Junkanoo” festival to companies and organizations around the world.
It's not only corporations who can benefit from the principles of organizational democracy – three midshipmen from the US Naval Academy believe the military can too. The U.S. armed forces are well-known for command-and-control structures, but could organizational democracy be a competitive tool for a more modern military? Meet three Navy midshipmen who believe it can.
David Weinberger is a humorous and often irreverent interpreter of technology’s impact on how businesses operate. David is co-author of the influential bestseller, “The Cluetrain Manifesto,” and author of the critically acclaimed book “Small Pieces Loosely Joined.” He is one of the connected economy’s most thought-provoking mavericks on the potential impact of using freedom, rather than fear, to govern the workplace.
Rita Bailey is the former director of Southwest Airlines University and is currently CEO of QVF Partners based in Dallas, Texas. Rita talks about how she help build Southwest Airlines into a model democratic company and the four “A’s” a company must have in order to create and sustain a freedom-centered work environment.
