disrupting the workplace: 17 genius quotes from #sxsw2017
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Disrupting The Workplace
17 Genius Quotes From #SXSW2017[that give us hope + that made us feel + that will change the future of work]
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Read through the most inspiring quotes from the
Workplace Track
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Workplace
Is the workforce ready for a reset?
“We have to create companies that we want to work for so that we can create
a world that we want to live in.” - DAN LYONS
Author of the New York Times best-seller book Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Session | Disrupted: Ending Bro Culture and Bias in Startup-Land
“Encourage feedback and candor and listen
with the intent to understand,
not to respond.” KIM SCOTT
CoFounder & CEO, Candor Inc
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Session | Radical Candor: How to Say What You Really Think
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Innovation
How do we thrive through change?
“If something unexpected happens, for good or for bad, that’s the market speaking to you, telling you
something you don’t know. Savor surprises.” SCOTT COOK
Founder & Chairman of Executive Committee, Intuit
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter
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“The most important question isn’t how to make super intelligence,
or when will it come about. The most important question is,
when it does come about, how do we make it do
the right thing?”
MELANIE COOK Strategy Lead, Southeast Asia, SapientNitro
Session | Augmented Intelligence: The Next-Gen AI
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Women at Work
Why is there a wage gap?
“The next time you think you’re shy, ask yourself ‘Did
you decide this or did someone else decide this for you?’”
LAURA JONES VP Strategy Director, BAVLab-A Y&R
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Session | Get Loud Ladies: Using Your Voice to Get Ahead
“If women do push back [on salary negotiation], they apologize. Men
don’t apologize for asking.” STACEY REDMAN
VP of Human Resources, Autodesk
Session | Short Changed: Why Women’s Salaries Fall Short
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“You have every right to negotiate. You are expected to negotiate.
68% of women don’t negotiate vs. 52% of men.”
DAWN LYON VP of Corporate Affairs, Glassdoor
Session | Mind the Gap How to Increase Gender Pay Equality
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Inclusion & Diversity
How can we educate ourselves?
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“Anchor yourself in the confidence that you have value.
When you start from there, it’s trial and error for everyone,
regardless of if a disability is present.” BRITTANY DÉJEAN
Founder of AbleThrive
Session | Don’t Dis My Ability: Universal Inclusion
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“Get comfortable with getting uncomfortable.
Address unconscious biases.” - CANDICE MORGAN
Head of Diversity, Pinterest
Session | The Future of Work: How to Innovate with Inclusion
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“Diversity is about headcount, inclusion is about making those heads count.”
BRITTA WILSON VP Inclusion Strategies, Pixar
Session | Shedding Light on Hidden Bias
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People
How to preserve humanity in a data-driven world?
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“85% of success comes from soft skills. Relationships are your secret weapon.
They allow you to influence without working in the formal structure.”
- KARLYN BORYSENKO -Principal, Zen Workplace
Session | Playing Politics: Psychology of the Human Workplace
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“Data can build bridges, but only our shared humanity can collapse the divides.”
JESSICA SHORTALL Managing Director, Texas Competes
Session | Convergence Keynote: Jessica Shortall
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Ideas
Are ideas the currency of life?
“Most of the founders I’ve seen have something about their idea that transcends the initial product.”
MIKE MAPLES Managing Partner, Floodgate
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter
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“If you’re ever car-jacked in the middle of nowhere, hooded guys steal your car, steal your wallet, steal your phone, everything out of your pocket, what do you do? You go to the local pizza store, order delivery, and hitch
a ride with the delivery boy back to your house.”
JAMES ALTUCHER Host, The James Altucher Show
Session | Outthink the Future with Just 10 Ideas a Day
On thinking outside the box...
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“Have a thinking partner.
The people you should seek out are
the people who disagree with you.” - CARMEN MEDINA -
Former CIA Deputy Director, Co-Author of Rebels at Work
Session | Update your Critical Thinking Skills
Session | Hiring Sucks, but It Doesn’t Have To
“We work on building a workplace where people want to stay. When people do leave,
it’s because it’s their personal desire for change and development outweighs our
ability to provide it for them.” ANNIE RIHN
VP Recruiting, Zillow
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“We don't have a lack of creativity, we have a lack of people who champion. Once you have the insight,
what do you do with it?”
ADAM GRANTProfessor & Author, The Wharton School
Session | Interactive Keynote: Adam Grant
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In 36 notes we captured the spirit of the SXSW Workplace Track and the genius of the speakers.
The result? A collection of modern thought and insight on the future of work.
To get all the notes, visit: www.evernote.com/sxsw/