http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/venture 2008-10-18T03:31:32Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28505-effective-forecasting-assume-you-are-wrong 2008-10-18T03:31:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t9JWa4pHAyU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t9JWa4pHAyU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28505-effective-forecasting-assume-you-are-wrong"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30664" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Paul_Saffo_Secret_to_Effective_Forecasting">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Technology forecaster Paul Saffo discusses the importance of questioning one's own assumptions when predicting future events.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>As part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking, technology forecaster and strategist Paul Saffo presents Embracing Uncertainty: The Secret to Effective Forecasting.</p> <p>Paul Saffo is a forecaster and strategist with over two decades experience exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on business and society. Paul is Chairman of the Samsung Science Board, and serves on a variety of other boards and advisory panels, including the Stanford Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Society, and the Long Now Foundation, as well as the boards of several public and pre-public companies located the United States and abroad. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and has served as an advisor and Forum Fellow to the World Economic Forum, which in the late 1990s named Paul one of its "100 Global Leaders For Tomorrow." </p> <p>Paul's essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Business 2.0, Fortune, The Harvard Business Review, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times and the Washington Post and Wired. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. IFTF is a 30-year old foundation that provides strategic planning and forecasting services to major corporations and government agencies.</p> <p>Paul currently serves on the Board of the Institute for the Future and the Long Now Foundation. He is also the Chairman of Samsung Science Advisory Board.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28505-effective-forecasting-assume-you-are-wrong">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28504-effective-forecasting-valuing-failure 2008-10-18T03:31:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0yhFfpG1-iY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0yhFfpG1-iY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28504-effective-forecasting-valuing-failure"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30663" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Paul_Saffo_Secret_to_Effective_Forecasting">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Technology forecaster Paul Saffo outlines the importance of acknowledging past experience when forecasting future events.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>As part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking, technology forecaster and strategist Paul Saffo presents Embracing Uncertainty: The Secret to Effective Forecasting.</p> <p>Paul Saffo is a forecaster and strategist with over two decades experience exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on business and society. Paul is Chairman of the Samsung Science Board, and serves on a variety of other boards and advisory panels, including the Stanford Advisory Council on Science, Technology and Society, and the Long Now Foundation, as well as the boards of several public and pre-public companies located the United States and abroad. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and has served as an advisor and Forum Fellow to the World Economic Forum, which in the late 1990s named Paul one of its "100 Global Leaders For Tomorrow." </p> <p>Paul's essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Business 2.0, Fortune, The Harvard Business Review, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The New York Times and the Washington Post and Wired. Paul holds degrees from Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. IFTF is a 30-year old foundation that provides strategic planning and forecasting services to major corporations and government agencies.</p> <p>Paul currently serves on the Board of the Institute for the Future and the Long Now Foundation. He is also the Chairman of Samsung Science Advisory Board.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28504-effective-forecasting-valuing-failure">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25617-zaproot-014-green-car-of-the-year 2008-12-01T20:41:59Z Viropop <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SumjoYnx6MU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SumjoYnx6MU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25617-zaproot-014-green-car-of-the-year"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27643" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this episode Jess focuses on the LA Auto Show Green Car of the Year, Fiji Water going green, and our Holiday Gift Guide Part 1.</p> <p>All Electric Three Wheeler: <a href="http://flytheroad.com/">flytheroad.com</a> <br />Solar Powered Candles: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3xkdo9">tinyurl.com</a> <br />Can Crusher: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2tbwsv">tinyurl.com</a> <br />Wind Powered Beer: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2n55u4">tinyurl.com</a> <br />Solar Camo Bag: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2chqrh">tinyurl.com</a> </p> <p>most popular tags</p> <p>zaproot viropop green series environment video podcast webisode eco pop culture next new networks free videos new stories cool cars online tv news clips earth day web auto interior design ideas going green sustainability ideas earth report water pollution channel solar wind alternative power geothermal energy oil fossil fuels local health plants bike bicycle ocean weird greenhouse effect global warming climate change urban products fair trade coffee water cycle shortage twisted humor cfl wacky an inconvenient truth conscious reuse environmental activism organic</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25617-zaproot-014-green-car-of-the-year">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18962-authors-google-tom-perkins 2008-10-17T13:33:46Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4sxICStbD4I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4sxICStbD4I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18962-authors-google-tom-perkins"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18633" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers co-founder Tom Perkins visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his memoir, Valley Boy. This event took place on November 13, 2007, as part of the Authors@Google series.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18962-authors-google-tom-perkins">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2180-jesus-george 2008-10-20T15:30:06Z sydfynch <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5wGMn8fbmQs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5wGMn8fbmQs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2180-jesus-george"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/2180-jesus-george">Watch the video</a>