Goldman Sachs and David Cote—Honeywell’s Former CEO— Ink Watershed...
Brand name CEO David Cote partnered with investment bank Goldman Sachs to create GS Acquisition Holdings Corp., a publicly traded vehicle operating with Cote as its Executive Chairman. In a new and...
View ArticleMedia Mogul and Religious Scholar Reza Aslan Featured in L.A. Weekly’s...
Is there anything Reza Aslan can’t do? The Harvard-educated religious scholar has published numerous books and screenplays, is adapting his New York Times bestseller Zealot into a feature film, and...
View ArticleThe Anthropocene Project, Featuring the Acclaimed Photography of Edward...
The Anthropocene Project—the cumulative work of a years-long exploration of humanity’s impact on the world—is embracing the future with a new VR app. A multidisciplinary endeavor combining a feature...
View ArticlePrediction Machines: Ajay Agrawal Shows Business Leaders How to Leverage AI...
The revolutionary author of Prediction Machines Ajay Agrawal sat down with Forbes to discuss how AI functions, where it is best applied, and why we should embrace, rather than fear the technology. As...
View ArticleProtecting Civil Discourse: Former White House Advisor Yaël Eisenstat Joins...
How did a former Intelligence Officer for the United States of America become an insider at Facebook? As crazy as it sounds, this is the story of new Lavin speaker Yaël Eisenstat. In talks, she reveals...
View ArticleFighting Climate Change Through the World of Finance: Climate Activist Bill...
Maintaining hope for the future—when climate change poses as an existential threat and government officials seem content with doing nothing—can be difficult. But in his latest piece for TIME Magazine,...
View ArticleUnfollow Author and Former Westboro Baptist Church Member Megan Phelps-Roper...
“I think for some people who leave Westboro, losing that sense of specialness feels like you’ve lost something really valuable and important. I had the opposite experience,” former Westboro Baptist...
View Article‘This Is Us’ Producer to Adapt Angie Thomas’ YA Novel On the Come Up For...
Angie Thomas became a household name with the release of her debut novel The Hate U Give, an instant YA classic that soon became a major motion picture. Her follow-up novel On the Come Up is once again...
View ArticleFour Lavin Speakers Featured on Prospect Magazine’s Best Books of 2019 Lists
Shoshana Zuboff, Jared Diamond, David Wallace-Wells, and Naomi Klein are undoubtedly some of the most interesting thinkers of our time—and Prospect recently named their newest books to their...
View ArticleOptimizing Tech for Human Flourishing: Digital Theorist Douglas Rushkoff...
Once upon a time, technology was lauded for its potential to bring people together and strengthen human bonds. Today, our ability to connect is being threatened by destructive online forces that profit...
View ArticleLavin’s Top CEO Speakers Reveal the Secrets of Inspiring Leadership
Being a CEO means more than having a fancy title and corner office. It means being able to lead under pressure, and in times of crisis; being able to inspire and mobilize a team; and lastly, being able...
View ArticleAuthors Shoshana Zuboff and David Wallace-Wells Top The New Yorker’s Favorite...
The hotly anticipated annual list of The New Yorker’s dropped, and Lavin speakers Shoshana Zuboff and David Wallace-Wells are top of the list. Featured first on The New Yorker’s list, Jia Tolentino...
View Article“Start the New Year with a Simplification Month”: Adam Bryant Explores How...
New Year’s resolutions like changing your diet, fitness, and lifestyle can often be fleeting. So why not take a page from leadership expert Adam Bryant’s book and tackle something at work that’s well...
View ArticleThe Age of AI: Martin Ford Joins Robert Downey Jr. in a New YouTube Original...
The Age of AI is an 8-part documentary series exploring the newest, most innovative applications of artificial intelligence and machine-learning. Lavin speaker Martin Ford—the bestselling author of...
View ArticleCNN Names Angie Thomas’s The Hate You Give to Their Top 10 Most Influential...
Angie Thomas’s breakthrough debut novel, The Hate U Give, was not only an incredible success, but a compelling, timely social commentary on race and police violence. Now, CNN has named it one of the...
View ArticleMargaret Atwood, Lori Gottlieb, and Angie Thomas Named to Variety’s Best...
The most recent novels from bestselling authors Margaret Atwood (The Testaments), Lori Gottlieb (Maybe You Should Talk to Someone) and Angie Thomas (On the Come Up) all were named to Variety’s list of...
View ArticleBarack Obama Names Shoshana Zuboff’s Age of Surveillance Capitalism to His...
In his year-end celebration of his favorite books of 2019, Barack Obama names Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism—a groundbreaking analysis of the intersection of the monetization of...
View ArticleConnecting to Today’s Consumers: Lavin’s Top Ten Marketing Speakers
The last decade has seen a complete transformation in the way we do business. Lavin’s Top 10 Marketing Speakers expertly navigate us through the changing tides, and help leaders and organizations win...
View ArticleLavin’s Top Happiness & Wellness Speakers Inspire Personal Growth and...
Everyone wants to be happy and healthy—but it doesn’t come easy. The pressure of performing well at work and having a fulfilling personal life can often be hard to manage—and that’s where Lavin’s Top...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Radhika Dirks Named One of the Top 30 Women Advancing AI in 2019
As the co-founder and CEO of XLabs, Radhika Dirks runs the one and only “moonshot factory” for AI. She truly believes in the technology’s power to elevate our human capabilities, and works hard to make...
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