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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.

Archives: Videos

Videos

If a 200-Year-Old Government Agency Can Use Artificial Intelligence, So Can You (2:40)

The Looming Board Challenge Oversight of Artificial Intelligence

Michelle K. Lee Message at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

We Need to Empower Women to Get Into STEM

Deploying Real-World Machine Learning (27:45)

What Fast-Growth Startups Can Teach Us About Opportunity

How Technology Is Changing Every Industry

Non-Bullshit Innovation in a World of Constant Change (49:18)

How Tech Disruption Is Shaping the Post-Pandemic World (7:55)

“It’s Not Cheating” – Using ChatGPT as a Tool in Education (2:15)

How to Innovate Like Amazon: The Secrets to Revolutionary Entrepreneurship (3:05)

The Rise of Generation Z (40:26)

Super Channels: Building Better Customer Relationships (25:51)

The Modern Telco: The Unbundling of Telecoms in the Era of 5G (15:08)

Becoming AI First (22:45)

Author’s Corner with Angie Thomas

Why the Supply Chain Is Broken and How We Can Fix It (3:09)

How Can We Make Anxiety Work For Us and Not Against Us?

Author’s Corner with Neil Hoyne

Creativity Is a Team Sport

Author’s Corner with Annette Gordon-Reed

Author’s Corner with Ethan Kross

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

The Life-Changing Power of Narrative

The In-Betweens: How Can We Live Together in America?

We Gon’ Be Alright – Really!

NATO Expansion and the Opportunity for American Unity

AI & The Super Future

How ChatGPT is Changing How We Think About AI (2:38)

How Generative AI is Transforming Business

The Adolescent Brain and Human Capital

Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Why Adolescence is a Time of Vulnerability and Hope

Age of Opportunity

Activism is a Life Sentence (11:50)

The Importance of Human Connection for the Incarcerated (5:22)

Finding Lifelines in Tough Times and Being a Lifeline for Others (6:17)

James Ellroy Speaking at The Commonwealth Club

TED: The Power of Meaning: Making Your Life, Work, and Relationships Matter [12:18]

Knowing the Difference Between a Happy and a Meaningful Life [11:16]

Want Meaning? Seek Belonging, Purpose, Storytelling, and Transcendence [33:21]

Making Science More Useful, and the Useful More Scientific (13:35)

Inventing the Future: The Convergence of Biology, Engineering & Physics (1:12:00)

Purifying Water Through Biology (2:24)

Biology Will Build the Next Tech Revolution (3:38)

Convergence Is The Tech Story of the 21st Century (6:12)

Meeting the Energy Demands of the Future (2:02)

Jennifer Brea at TED: Creating Awareness of a Disease Doctors Can’t Diagnose

TED: Using Photography to Explore Oil Consumption

Hit Makers: Familiar Beats Novelty and Distribution Beats Content.

Successful Entrepreneurs Watch, Not Just Do (5:01)

Turning Adversity Into Advantage

What’s a Minimum Viable Product and Why Does It Matter? (2:18)

What Is “Edge”And How Do You Develop It? (8:36)

Entrepreneurship = Using What You Have to Get What You Need (5:33)

Using Storytelling To Engage People With Science (2:27)

What is ‘De-Extinction’? (5:07)

Patti Smith On Just Kids, Interviewed By Richard Branson

How Patti Smith Saved Rock n’ Roll

Why Developing the Engineer Mindset is Crucial for Business (2:10)

Turning Western Values Into Behavior

TED: Is Religion Good or Bad?

You Dont Need Permission to Tell Your Story (7:21)

Writing Your Heritage is Radical Creativity (5:06)

The Joy that Comes Out of Hardships Is Revolutionary (4:02)

Busting the Myth of Meritocracy (5:03)

Gender Equality As an Innovation Challenge (3:25)

Investing in Gender Equality (4:10)

Prioritizing Corporate Social Responsibility (1:53)

Identifying Shareholder Trade-Offs (2:31)

The First Rule of Creativity (2:31)

Creating Meaning Through Language (1:49)

Explain the Modern Rise in Living Alone

Boost Donations Using This Odd Trick with Names

Technology Divides Us But Community Spaces Bring Us Back Together

Gamify Your Product and Delight Your Users

Using Scents to Make Products More Memorable

How Do Environmental Cues Affect Our Choices?

Do Audiences Affect Attention & Performance?

How Careful Design Makes Gambling Irresistible

Guide Consumer Habits with Choice Architecture

How Change Can Work For You (4:00)

Change Before You Must (4:03)

Automation and the Future of Workflow (6:18)

Breaking Barriers in the Technological Marketplace (3:14)

The Future of Inventory Management? Microbes. (1:46)

Be Prepared to Overdeliver (2:10)

How Autonomous Vehicles Solve the”Last Mile” Problem in Shipping (1:40)

Why Failures Leading up to the Moon Landing Were a Gift (5:28)

You Either Work With People, or You Don’t (2:08)

Today’s Digital Revolution. It Started With NASA (2:34)

A Lifetime of Teamwork Got Us to the Moon (7:29)

Cracking Open the World with a Silly Question (18:09)

How Did We Pull Off the Moon Landing? (2:30)

ChatGPT Will Upend Education and That’s Not a Bad Thing (2:30)

How Changing Our Stories Can Change Our Lives (2:28)

Yvonne Camus on Not Giving Up

Evaluate Yourself on Your Best Performances

Facilitating Storytelling Through a Screen

TED: The Mental Health Benefits of Storytelling for Health Care Workers (9:44)

Contingent Citizenship in the Age of Ferguson and Baltimore (54:17)

Why the American Prison System is Antithetical to Democracy (2:26)

We Fight, or We Don’t: The Struggle for Racial Equity in the Trump Era (7:08)

Accepting the 2015 Hillman Prize (8:50)

Changing Our Legacy of Violence (22:15)

But What If We’re Wrong About Everything?

Practice Nonviolence—and Win Friendship and Understanding

What If All Our ‘Facts’ Proved to Be False?

Defining Anew What it Means to Be an American [25:44]

Practice Like a Pro (4:47)

How to Reach Your Goals (4:46)

With Grit, You Can Be a “Genius” If You Choose to Be (5:04)

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (6:13)

How to Unlock Your True Talent (1:27)

Why Effort Matters More Than Talent (6:24)

How To Save Democracy | TEDxBerlin

The Fate of Diverse Democracies

Criminogenic – How Prisons Cause More Crime

Building a Cooperative Culture (5:31)

Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others (5:26)

How Does Perception Influence Reality? (10:05)

Building Strong Teams in an Age of Hybrid Work (2:56)

What Chickens Can Teach Us About Ending Workplace Bullying (3:26)

Ready for Brain Transparency?

Listen – Really Listen

Get What You Want—and Save the Relationship

How The Handmaid’s Tale Is Becoming More Than Fiction (1:22)

What Made You Become a Writer? (4:36)

Make Equality Reality (8:05)

Inspiration, Adaptation, and what The Handmaid’s Tale Means in a Post-Trump America (7:42)

Science and Creativity: Can Hip Hop Save Biotech? (17:02)

Young Canadians Are Both More Open and More Patriotic (1:28)

Historical Context is Key to Understanding Today’s Challenges (1:43)

Sparking a Human Connection with People of the Past (1:27)

Jonathan Metzl on Real Time with Bill Maher (5:51)

Jonathan Metzl discusses “Dying of Whiteness” on MSNBC

NSL Bites: Jonathan Metzl on Guns in America

Jonathan Metzl on Political Issues That Could Impact Your Health (2:38)

The Young Turks: Why Gun Violence Is Rising In America

Mental health “1 piece of the puzzle”: Psychiatrist on Buffalo shooting

Should US increase gun regulations, or do gun freedoms reduce violence?

The Intersection of Race and Public Policy in America (1:18:30)

What’s Left to Explore?

The Importance of Race Education (5:46)

Understanding Crime Fighting in Black America (1:15:46)

Criminalizing Race Compromised the American New Deal (1:22:10)

Are American Civil Rights Really Getting Better? (1:04:10)

Race as an Aggravating Factor in Sentencing (2:31)

The Centrality of Slavery to the American Story (4:00)

Front Lines First: What a Green New Deal Really Means (2:09)

Lack of Action on the Climate Crisis Is Genocide (1:17)

The Biggest Barrier to Collective Action Is Hopelessness (4:44)

Change Capitalism, Change Our Planet (23:39)

Want to Instill Grit? Teach Kids About Failure (4:33)

How Do Children Succeed? (1:05:02)

We Need a Green New Deal for Everyone (1:21)

Do Kids Work Harder If They Believe They Can Change? (2:28)

What Character Traits Predict Success in Children? (3:34)

What’s the Best Antidote to Childhood Stress? (5:37)

How Children Succeed: The Hidden Power of Character (19:46)

Getting Students Back on Track Requires Outside Help (3:47)

Testing Grit to Identify Future Success (3:15)

Managing Failure in Education (3:42)

Do Our Children Need More Adversity? (3:07)

Diversifying College Campuses Empowers Students to Succeed (9:48)

The Reality of Social Mobility in College (3:53)

Higher Education is Unfair – But the Stakes Truly Matter (5:34)

How and Why We’re Hardwired for Innovation

How Education Went from Enabling Social Mobility to Preventing It (1:09)

The Creative Company: Bending, Breaking, & Blending Ideas (56:42)

LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze

Considering the Displaced Working Class

Why Innovating Your Process Matters (4:30)

What Do Americans Want From Corporations? (4:26)

Meet the Billionaire Whiz Kid Behind Oculus VR (5:42)

What Does It Take to Be *Truly* Disruptive? (5:10)

Program or Be Programmed (5:46)

The One Mindset that Helped Snapchat Succeed (5:46)

How Do Humans Fit into the New Economy? (3:58)

Mapping the Insidious Spread of Digital Monopolies (1:45)

Reboot the Economy for Human Beings (4:43)

How Has Tech Changed the Way We View Time? (13:22)

ChatGPT’s AI Capabilities Are Plateauing (7:29)

How Extractive, Growth Based Economies Lead to Financial Obesity (7:22)

Why Is Growth Above All a Bankrupt Model? (3:20)

How Is Dying Well a Moral Obligation?

The Power of Knowing You’re Not Alone

TED: What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?

Should the Rise of Other Nations Frighten America? (4:18)

Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media (1:17:15)

For Renewal, Turn to the Gilded Age of America (2:29)

Understanding America’s Problems and Strengths (4:08)

Assessing the Silicon Valley Model (44:39)

The Value of the American Myth As a Factor in Immigration (1:25)

The Lived Experience of Immigration in the U.S. is Not What You May Think (3:02)

Tracking Recovery and Resilience Across America (21:00)

3 Questions for NASA Pioneer Ellen Ochoa

Do the Right Things Today to Ensure Your Best Future (3:07)

Advice From Astronaut Ellen Ochoa

How to Use Anger for Justice (5:47)

Women in Innovation: NASA’s Dr. Ellen Ochoa (4:48)

How to Encourage Girls into STEM (2:17)

Understanding How Average People Radicalize

TEDWomen | The Power of Women’s Anger (11:44)

Why Don’t We Take Women’s Anger Seriously? (6:43)

Reversing America’s Political Polarization with Dialogue

What Is Afghanistan’s Best Hope?

TEDxStanford: How Can We Revive the American Dream for Our Children?

How Apple Captured the Future (2:56)

Reinventing Your Business Model (2:49)

Prioritizing the Customer Over the Competition (2:20)

Leading From the Future (6:07)

Finding Meaning in an Unjust World

Live The Perfect Life, Using Data | Modern Wisdom Podcast

Google In The Age Of Growing Privacy Concerns | CNBC

All the World’s a Lab: What Data Reveals About What Customers Want

What We Can Learn From History’s Unsung Heroines (1:12)

Watch the Trailer—Hidden Figures

Don’t Just Watch Hidden Figures—Read the Book

How to Use Empathy to Better Your Life (6:55)

How Has Empathy Evolved in Humans? (5:05)

Building Empathy: How to Get Others to Care More (13:19)

Enhancing Communication with Empathy (0:51)

Learning to Empathize Strategically (1:50)

Embracing Empathy in the Workplace (2:02)

How to Escape the Cynicism Trap (12:44)

Is Your Business *Actually* Different and Better?

Reinventing Biotechnology (6:20)

Engineering the Future (4:14)

The Cellular Revolution (12:59)

The Big Difference Between 1955 and Today? Twitter. (1:09:10)

What Would Justice Look Like for the Victims of Police Brutality? (1:43:04)

Civil Rights Today: The New Civil Rights Movement (1:19:15)

How Do Automation and Job Creation Work Together

What Will AI’s Economic Impact Be?

Can We Create New Tasks in the Era of Intelligent Machines?

Coercion, Labor Control & the Political Economy

Why Do Nations Fail?

Does Automation Lead to New Industries?

Making Better Decisions

TED: The Future of the American Dream is Green

TIKTOK, BOOM. Director Shalini Kantayya | Virtual Sundance Studio

The iPhone Isn’t Disruptive, It Just Looks That Way

Why Describing Ability as “Talent” Undermines Grit in the Workplace

How America Elected an “Insane Clown President”

Minding the Wealth Gap (57:00)

Our Automated Future: Learning to Adapt in the Era of Intelligent Machines

Why Entrepreneurship Is About More Than Jobs and Wealth

How Your Company Can (and Must) Develop an AI Strategy

AI Will Drop the Cost of Prediction—and Change Entire Industries

What Happens After You Achieve Your Dream? (2:57)

Inspire Teams by Building Deep Relationships (2:22)

Why Great Art Makes—and Remakes—Our Shared Historical Narratives

A Ticket to the NHL Comes with a Steep Price (3:07)

Rely on These Three Pillars to Achieve Your Potential (4:07)

Interview on Facebook Whistleblower Revelations

Forecasting the Future of Media (1:30)

Restoring Civil Discourse in America (1:06)

Social Media and the Rise of Information Warfare (2:20)

Anderson Cooper 360: Yael Eisenstat and Jennifer Grygiel

What Are Three Ways the Brain Creates Meaning? (6:27)

Explore What’s Possible—Not What’s Expected (1:45)

Transforming the Future of Design and Manufacturing (8:05)

How Does AI Help Us Become Better Designers? (8:51)

Build a Tower, Build a Team (7:23)

Reconciliation: Building a New Approach

How Can Analog Tools Unlock Creativity and Productivity? (2:56)

Do Analog Records Sound More Human? (3:02)

What Do Food Trends Say about Our Society? (8:59)

Why Communicating Design on Paper Still Matters (6:29)

What’s Driving the Vinyl Renaissance (23:12)

Why Are Analog Goods Making a Comeback? (5:20)

The Allure of Human Interaction (3:34)

Why the Human Touch Matters in a Digital World (3:12)

How “Persistence” Helps Students Make Sense of College

How Our Identities are Tied to the Tangible (4:12)

How Young People Drove the Analog Renaissance (3:25)

Celebrating the Importance of Libraries (2:00)

The Hate U Give Official Trailer (2:18)

Meet Angie Thomas: Bestselling Author & Hip-Hop Aficionado (2:29)

What Inspired *The Hate U Give*? (2:29)

Aspen Ideas Festival: Our Towns (50:32)

Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of America (53:22)

America, Reinvented. (1:14:12)

What Is the ISIS Caliphate?

On Diversity: Access Ain’t Inclusion (12:42)

Why Does Visibility Matter? (3:02)

Empowering the Emerging Middle Class (4:15)

Earning Financial Trust With Your Smartphone (7:53)

If You Don’t Write Your Own Story, Others Will Write It for You

Fear Is Funded—and Here’s How We Know

Confronting National Crisis Through a Psychological Lens (6:67)

What Are The Themes that Cause Societies to Collapse? (19:49)

What Can We Learn from Traditional Tribal Societies about Dealing with Dangers? (3:16)

Only We Can Undermine Our Own Democracy (4:48)

Andrew Marantz in Conversation: Rotman School of Management

What to Do if Your Inner Voice is Cruel (6:36)

TED: Let’s Teach For Mastery—Not Test Scores

TED: An Update to the Khan Academy’s Mission

TED: The One World School House: Education Reimagined