July 2012
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1% done - Angela Zäh on Hacker Culture at Facebook
Facebook’s hacker culture is what has helped to company grow and reinvent itself through unexpected solutions over and over again. There is no guarantee that this will still be the right recipe for success in the future, but for now it works…
What do you do when you are faced by a problem that calls for an unconventional solution? You hack it!
Hacker culture is a phenomenon that has...
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The Power of Women
Only a few days after a woman has been brutally executed in Afghanistan for alleged adultery the last panel at DLDwomen conference addresses issues like gender equality, power and the role of women in the 21st century.
Today’s women are enjoying rights that only a couple of generations ago were unthinkable. However, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Paley Centre for Media, Pat...
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Reaping The Benefits Of Diversity In The Workplace
Isabelle Kürschner from Catalyst, a diversity strategist nonprofit organization, says “Don’t fix the women, fix the workplace.” It’s past time you try and train and prepare women better, you now need to change the whole working environment. What’s in it for the companies is clear. “Of course, we want to be nice and fair but diversity and inclusion bring...
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Drivers of Prevention: The Female Touch
Prevention: incredibly important yet far less in a spotlight when compared to development of a medicine. That is probably why women dominate it. This is a unanimous view of the participants of the panel that focuses on cancer prevention.
It is not about big money. It is not about fame. It is simply about playing defence and not a glorified offense, says Brigitte Mohn, board member of the...
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Do Good with Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship has the potential to improve our world and accelerate opportunities for women - this is the mantra promoted by the Womanity Foundation and its Changemakers project.
Womanity, represented by Antonella Vischer, works to empower women and girls around the world though further their contribution in economic, political, communities. The organization focuses on projects in...
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Putting Web, Social & Mobile To Good Use In News
DLD has an habit to go beyond the buzzwords, to explore the real-world truth behind the concepts. So naturally, when a star-studded panel (Katharina Borchert of Spiegel Online, Donata Hopfen of BILD digital and Svetlana Mironyuk of RIA Novosti) discussed what’s new in news, honest answers are expected, as well as hints of an healthy competition among panelists.
First item on the menu:...
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Towards A Cosmic Society - Let Nancy Abrams Blow...
Cosmologist Nancy Abram takes center stage with an ambition to thrill. “What is the biggest question faced by the human race?” she asks, as the crowd wakes up from their delayed lunch.
It would not take long for everyone’s eyes to be wide open in amazement, laughter and awe.
Abrams represents a school of scientists that are occupied with the study of the universe as a whole....
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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
Stress is possibly one the most common diseases in the Western world. Stressed individuals go the hospital much more often than healthy ones and according to numerous studies women tend to be more depressed than men.
“Traditionally if you were stressed they ‘d send you to the psychologist to fill questioners for hours. We’re actually starting to use blood tests to measure stress”, claims Hermona...
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An Intimate Story of Success
Sung-Joo Kim is the first Asian women to acquire a luxury brand after taking over MCM Holding AG. Being a rebel and a fighter helped her to her enormous success, she says as she rushes to the stage after arriving to Munich just an hour ago.
Kim is a remarkable woman. She is a Young Global Leader and was named one of Fast Company’s most Creative People in 2010. She speaks a clear impeccable...
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Beware of the Youth-Quake!
Farah Pandith is the first ever Special Representative for muslims to the US government. Her role is to engage in dialogue and handle complicated muslim global issues - a job which is both demanding and rewarding at the same time.
Pandith has served three US presidents, but her works crosses party lines, cultures and religious backgrounds. An American Muslim born in India, she was raised in the...
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Of Responsive and Responsible Innovation
It doesn’t matter whether it is a corporate social responsibility or innovation, dialogue and partnership is a crucial stepping-stone towards success. In both instances the shift from a top-down approach towards a more democratic one can untapped an existing potential that largely has not been utilized yet.
Lindt (DHL): First talk then do
Often, companies develop a product and only after they...
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Molecular Art and Digital Disortion
Photo: Biota by Suzanne Anker - ”Sea sponges, they look like brains and are 70% identical to the human genetic structure.”
Photo: MRI Butterfly by Suzanne Anker
“The speed of thought is what we are currently working on to fully understand ourselves,” says Suzanne Anker, a visual artist and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences. She...
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Alanis Morissette: "Anger is a Very Important...
“Anger creates intimacy; hiding your feelings, whether it’s love or anger, destroys intimacy and could be self-destructive”, says Alanis Morissette to the DLDwomen audience on a really inspiring talk moderated by Maria Furtwängler-Burda.
Alanis Morissette made a surprise visit where she offered to share insights on womenhod, artistic expression, social activism, relationships and wellness. The...
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How to Fall in Love With Your Work (Again)
“We do things that we are good at, but it’s not necessarily something we love. Like PowerPoint.” Denice Kronau, Chief Diversity Officer Siemens AG, is an expert on burnouts, and today she brought a recipe for happiness to the Enzian Hall.
PowerPoint is a special skills of hers - she’s damn good at it - but it’s also something she hates doing. It’s the perfect...
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Languages and Technical Education: Powerful...
The most important thing is to have a vision. The second most important thing is to be able to convince people to follow it, to follow you, says the Head of Corporate Human Resources and Labor Director at Siemens AG. Sometimes, it gets messy. But if your vision is right, it is worth it, she adds recalling her numerous experiences she gathered in both politics and business.
“When I was young, my...
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The Commissioner and the Sate-Lady - A Powerful...
To get things started on Day 2, what could be better than presenting two of our most valued and charismatic friends, Candace Johnson of Europe Online and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding?
The two powerhouse women share a long and warm friendship, and used this connection to set off the morning debate about women empowerment and the breaking up of patterns.
Breaking down rigid structures may be a...
Reding Asks DLD to Stand for Women in Europe
For her 3rd time at DLD, Viviane Reding was welcomed as a true friend and spoke like one too. “I like it here” she told the clapping crowd as she came on stage. The EU Commissioner for Justice, Citizenship and Fundamental Rights gave a rousing and inspiring speech about women in companies and especially boards of administration. Pleading, she started, “inside this room, I need...
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Creativity and Success, the Perfect Couple?
On a very inspiring panel, Inga Humpe, Desiree Gruber, Leyla Piedayesh, and Ursulla Karven, discuss the relation between success, creativity, and human beings. “What is success? Is it all about becoming famous and rich?” asks actress Ursula Karven to the speakers.
“I think bravery is one of the keys to success. Fear is common to all of us, we all have fears and coping with them is what makes us...
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Education: Revolution Action Required, Now
Beeeep, beeeeeeep… Do you hear that? This is how a wake-up call for better education, Gaby Miketta of Focus Schule talks about, sounds. As she says, we urgently need new values, new rules, new codes of conduct – and traditional authorities do not know how to address this. Thus, parents are struggling to find an advice, to find answers, says Miketta adding that, for instance, the way children...
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WatchBREAKING NEWS: Alanis Morissette, one of the most influential female rock musicians in contemporary music, will join us for DLDwomen tomorrow morning. Around 10am she’ll be live on stage with our chair Maria Furtwängler, talking about womanhood, relationships, social activism and of course artistic expression. Don’t miss it!
Above you can watch a great Q&A Morissette did with the...
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A #Campfire for Conversation
Twitter is the world’s favorite 140-character playground. A phenomenon that started out as an exclusive club of techies and geeks, and ended up conquering the public sphere as a whole. Many have praised the service for being a path to democracy and an enabler in a digital age. But it’s true beauty may lie in that it’s as different as its users - all 400 million of them.
Social...
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"We Have to Be More Poets and Thinkers"
How can you reinvent a company over the years? Michael Conrad, co-founder of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership asks three very different but energetic women to talk about their businesses over periods of change. It’s about leading brand innovation through digital, design and communication.
“We have to be more poets and thinkers instead of just acting as business...
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Scholarship for DLDwomen in Leadership
Being introduced as “one of the greatest influencers,” Michael Conrad announces, as if to prove this point, “the Helga and Michael Conrad Scholarship for DLDwomen in Leadership.”
To him, creative leadership is critical to lead changes in society through media and communication technology. The Berlin School’s mission, he says, is to “turn great creatives into...
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WatchDctp.tv video interview with Esther Wojcicki, who spoke at DLDwomen about the future of education.
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A Ritmo de Colombia
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“It’s hard to live under the shadow of my grandfather, but I can tell you that it hasn’t been easy for me and I need to work very, very hard to be able to make a living out of art”, confesses Andrea Wild Botero, granddaughter of the great Colombian artist Fernando Botero.
On a panel about art in Colombia Gloria Zea, director of the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá (Mambo), talks about the...
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Brain-games - Bringing Out The Best of Our...
Think about… well, anything and everything you can. Imagine something, feel it, communicate it - project, love, envy, pity, desire. It all comes from the sexiest organ in our body, the wonderful, beautiful brain.
Dr Christian Elger, the Director of the Department of Epileptology at the University of Bonn, began a trip to the deepest corners of the mind by discussing the hidden powers...
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Thus Says the Real Trinity
Become a hacker, become powerful! This is a message Keren Elazari has for women. As she adds, she got into hacking because she wanted to be like (unknown, back then) Angelina Jolie in the movie Hackers. Some fifteen years later, there is still a lot of cyberpunk heroines that can inspire: Trinity from Matrix, the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and so on. However, the real reason women should get into...
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Africa is on the Right Path
From 2011 to 2015 seven of the ten fastest growing economies will be African countries. “I get upset when I see the way Africa is portrayed in the West, I can tell you that Africa is full of global citizens, there’s an intellectual elite, like the ones attending this conference. However the press keeps focusing on the negative side of the continent”, says Kah Walla, political leader and...
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Facing Alzheimer: lessons for life and society
In a world that see any signs of emotions as weakness, it is rare to see two strong, powerful women share, in front of a packed room, their stories about the disease slowly crippling their father. Indeed both Maria Furtwängler-Burda and Ursula von der Leyen’s (German Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs) fathers suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimers’ disease. Their...
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CSR: Right & Smart Business Plan
It is not just that the companies should behave well, they simply have to, argues Julian zu Putlitz of Sixt AG adding that social responsibility is more and more becoming a part of long-term business plan. It is both because some countries enforce such an attitude (including developing countries like India) and because consumers increasingly demand it. It is about brand and reputation; it is...
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WatchDctp.tv video interview with John Coates, who spoke at DLDwomen about ‘Risk Taking and Testosterone - The Biology of Boom and Bust.’
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Adaptation is the New Rule
“Competence is higher than even before and if we don’t act quickly we’ll be soon left behind”, claims Ana-Christina Grohnert, managing partner at Ernest & Young and People Leader for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. As countries like China and India set the pace of the new world economy, Europe needs to find new rules and new values to remain a top world competitor.
“We need change, our...
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WatchLisa Ma, a speculative designer, focuses on those on the fringe. As she says, these people are often seen, watched, discussed - but forgotten afterwards. What Ma aims to do is to “normalize the fringe”. This, for instance, means giving historical village tours for stranded passengers by Heathrow activists or - as the video shows - finding alternatives for workers affected by the fact...
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Digital Scarlett Letter: A Force for Good?
Can shaming be used to improve our behavior? Recent studies suggest that it might as well be the case. For instance, the threat of public shaming – as well as the reward in a form of public praise – increased the generosity of the test group by 50 percent, says Jennifer Jacquet of University of British Columbia adding that it all works with the premise that the idea of being watched is intimately...
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What To Learn from A Naked Dude Cut in Marble
Michelangelo’s “David” is a celebrated triumph of beauty and a reminder of artful times.
The statue, famously displayed in wonderful Florence, to many represents the very essence of craftsmanship, aesthetics and talent.
To the BBDO’s Andrew Robertson, David is more than this. The art work of renaissance idol Michelangelo, in fact, shows how innovation and progress comes...
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Women in Tech - Social and Emotional Commerce
Informilo’s Jennifer Schenker has gathered an extraordinary league of tech women on stage at DLDwomen. What binds them is their lust for beautiful things and to share them with their friends. This results into a new e-commerce market, which becomes a very much emotional shopping experience.
Shauna Mei, the founder of AHAlife, is one of this growing army of women entrepreneurs who are...
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The Russians are Coming! (and they mean business) ...
It was always gonna be great. A talk of thrilling new opportunities in in Russia and Ukraine, headlined by Marina Treschkova (Fastlane Ventures), Viktoriya Tigipko (TA Venture) and Katia Gaika (Skolkovo Foundation). Three of Eastern Europe’s strongest and most prominent female bosses, pooled with the always-sharp David Rowan of WIRED UK - nothing not to like about that.
For those of you who...
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Change Yourself, Change the World
“Times have never been better than today for women to achieve what they want,“ says Ursula Schwarzenbart, Chief Diversity Officer at Daimler. Yet, many barriers and obstacles are still in place, as for instance McKinsey’s study Women Matter shows.
Case in point: only 16percent of women top managers and 36percent of their male colleagues consider their respective companies commited to gender...
