Futurist Jonathan Brill Envisions Life After the Coronavirus
Citizens around the globe are glued to the news as the coronavirus continues to silently spread. But Jonathan Brill, a gifted futurist who has helped some of the world's leading companies navigate...
View ArticlePolitical Polarization During a Pandemic Will Be Deadly: Jay Van Bavel for...
Jay Van Bavel is a professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University. He speaks frequently about political polarization and ‘the partisan brain,’ exploring why so many people are...
View ArticleAge Activist Ashton Applewhite Says Beating Coronavirus Means Confronting...
As new coronavirus cases surge and more and more people self-isolate to flatten the curve, the nation’s economy continues to plummet. On Twitter, the suggestion that older people should sacrifice...
View ArticleFormer Honeywell CEO David Cote Reveals How He’s Approaching the Coronavirus...
Few CEOs navigated the Great Recession as skillfully as David Cote. In a new interview with Fortune, the inspiring corporate leader offers guidance for businesses managing the coronavirus crisis today....
View ArticleJamil Zaki Reveals How Disasters Shock Us Into Remembering Our Shared...
Though some shoppers have been panic-buying toilet paper and sanitizer against expert advice, there’s a much bigger trend happening during this pandemic—empathy. In his latest op-ed for The Wall Street...
View Article“Act As If You’re Really There”: Futurist Douglas Rushkoff Reveals How to...
There is no real substitute for in-person contact. That’s true. But it doesn’t mean that our video conferencing and telework has to be completely alienating, either. In his latest article, futurist and...
View ArticleThe Case for ‘Tragic Optimism’: Emily Esfahani Smith for The New York Times
How can we protect our mental health during a global pandemic? Emily Esfahani Smith, author of the critically acclaimed The Power of Meaning, argues that the answer lies not in a quest for happiness,...
View ArticleDragons’ Den Star Manjit Minhas Transforms Her Brewery into a Sanitizer...
Manjit Minhas is well-known for her role as a judge on the critically acclaimed program Dragons’ Den. She also runs one the world’s largest breweries—worth a whopping $187 million dollars. In the midst...
View ArticleWhat If The World’s Not Falling Apart? Designer and Technologist John Maeda...
When it comes to loss of life, the coronavirus is no doubt a human tragedy of epic proportions. But when it comes to the future of our economy? It’s not necessarily all doom and gloom. In his latest...
View ArticlePublic Policy Expert Heather McGhee Explores the Hidden Cost of Racism in Her...
In an eye-opening talk for TED, Heather McGhee reveals how a surprising on-air confrontation around racial prejudice helped her make a stunning realization about our current economic landscape. It...
View ArticleWhat’s the Future? Join us for Our First Virtual Event and Find Out!
Join Naomi Klein, Angela Duckworth, Wajahat Ali, and many more of the world’s top thinkers at What’s the Future @ Lavin Live—a free virtual event diving into the enormous challenges we’re all facing as...
View ArticleNikole-Hannah Jones’ Essay for ‘The 1619 Project’ Wins a Pulitzer Prize
Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones reexamined the legacy of slavery in America in the ambitious project, which recognized the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans arriving in Virginia. For her...
View ArticleEconomist Raj Chetty Helps Launch the First Real-Time Economic Tracker for...
Raj Chetty is the Director of Opportunity Insights, a small organization of Harvard-based researchers and policy analysts. In the wake of the current crisis, he and his team have partnered with Womply...
View ArticleArtist Titus Kaphar Explores Black Motherhood in His Latest Paintings
From a Tropical Space is the latest series from Titus Kaphar, the award-winning painter, sculptor, and MacArthur “Genius.” Although the New York exhibition of this work has been postponed, Kaphar is...
View ArticleHow Can Entrepreneurs Get Through COVID-19? Business Journalist David Sax...
If business owners can learn to embrace two certainties, they’ll be able to get through anything, says David Sax. In his new piece for Entrepreneur, he considers how the challenges presented by...
View ArticleLavin Speaker Tarah Wheeler Selected for the Prestigious Fulbright Cyber...
In her mission to create a safe and secure Internet for everyone, cybersecurity expert Tarah Wheeler has won the US/UK Fulbright Cyber Security Scholar Award. The Internet has undoubtedly improved the...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Social Activist Speakers Changing the World Today
Lavin’s Top 10 Social Activist Speakers are the thought-leaders and advocates pushing for a better world. Whether it’s through art, history, education, or humanitarian efforts, these speakers are not...
View ArticleSilicon Valley, Reinvention, and the Future of Tech: Introducing Lavin...
In Always Day One, tech reporter Alex Kantrowitz explores the industry’s unique culture of innovation. More than just a catchy slogan, the book’s title refers to the bedrock principle employed by one...
View ArticleHow To Have Better Conversations About Race At Work
We, as a society, haven’t been the same since the horrifying video of George Floyd’s death circulated the Internet earlier this year. Beyond the international protests against police brutality, this...
View ArticleYour Brain is Plastic: A Live Q&A With Neuroscientist David Eagleman
On August 26th, world-renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman will join The Lavin Agency for a stimulating Q&A session discussing his latest book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing...
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