TEDxTokyo

Talks

TEDxTokyo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:46 +0000

TEDxTokyo 2009 was an inspired event with more than 20 live speakers, on stage at the Miraikan, complemented by videos of some of most compelling talks from the main TED 2009 conference. Those TEDTalks are now available — all with Japanese subtitles — for your exploration. Also keep an eye out for the live talks from TEDxTokyo, which will be going up over the next few months.

Amy Moyers-Knopp and Miho Walker on empowering orphans in Japan

Tia Johnston on creating an “everyone a changemaker” world

Ricco Deblank on how on how to create the perfect morning

Gunter Pauli on how the laws of physics will shape the new economy

Kamal Meattle on how to grow your own fresh air

Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.

David Merrill demos Siftables, the toy blocks that think

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?

Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom

Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.

Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs

Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height … Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.

Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy

A unique ecosystem of plants, birds and monkeys thrives in the treetops of the rainforest. Nalini Nadkarni explores these canopy worlds — and shares her findings with the world below, through dance, art and bold partnerships.

Sylvia Earle’s TED Prize wish to protect our oceans

Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean — and shocking stats about its rapid decline — as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments

David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus and a Times Square’s worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean.

Jacqueline Novogratz on an escape from poverty

Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.

Amy Moyers-Knopp and Miho Walker on empowering orphans in Japan

TEDxTokyo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:37 +0000

A talk given in Session 1 “How Can We Organize Ourselves To Make A Difference?” of TEDxTokyo 2009, held on May 22 at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.

Talks

TEDxTokyo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:41:33 +0000

Tia Johnston on creating an “everyone a changemaker” world

Ricco Deblank on how on how to create the perfect morning

Gunter Pauli on how the laws of physics will shape the new economy

Kamal Meattle on how to grow your own fresh air

Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.

David Merrill demos Siftables, the toy blocks that think

Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom

Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs

Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy

Sylvia Earle’s TED Prize wish to protect our oceans

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments

Jacqueline Novogratz on an escape from poverty

Tia Johnston Brown on creating an “everyone a changemaker” world

TEDxTokyo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:41:19 +0000

Tia Johnston Brown, Director for Ashoka’s Youth Venture initiative, on ‘creating an “everyone a changemaker” world’

Beers for Books event with John Wood on March 3rd

TEDxTokyo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:08:19 +0000

TEDster John Wood, who also recently presented at TEDxEast will be in town soon and speaking about his approach to 21st Century education in developing countries and the latest news with Room to Read at the Beers for Books 1 Year Anniversary celebration at Happo-En on Wednesday March 3rd at 9PM.
Happo-En has plenty of space so the more the merrier!

http://beersforbooks.ning.com/events/b4b-1st-anniversary
http://mixi.jp/view_event.pl?id=50504493&comm_id=4395137
http://twitter.com/beers4books

Talks

TEDxTokyo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:13:40 +0000

Ricco Deblank on how on how to create the perfect morning

Gunter Pauli on how the laws of physics will shape the new economy

Kamal Meattle on how to grow your own fresh air

Researcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.

David Merrill demos Siftables, the toy blocks that think

Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom

Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs

Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy

Sylvia Earle’s TED Prize wish to protect our oceans

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments

Jacqueline Novogratz on an escape from poverty

Ricco DeBlank on how to create the perfect morning

TEDxTokyo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:08:27 +0000

Ricco DEBLANK, General Manager of Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, on ‘how to create the perfect morning’

Talks

TEDxTokyo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:28:41 +0000

Gunter Pauli, on how the laws of physics will shape the new economy

TEDxTokyo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:26:03 +0000

Gunter PAULI, Founder of ZERI, on ‘how the laws of physics will shape the new economy’

Gunter Pauli’s Blue Economy

TEDxTokyo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:33:55 +0000

TEDxTokyo community member Gunter Pauli is launching a new approach to economics, the Blue Economy Initiative. Each week for the next two years he will release a new proven Blue Economy case study.

Imagine 100 innovations that could generate 100 million jobs over the next decade. Over the next two years I will introduce real opportunities one by one, on the basis of technologies proven by scientists to work, benchmarked as a business somewhere inthe world, and ready to be introduced anywhere.

As an entrepreneur, who established 10 companies, I have always been searching for the best way to enter the market, to out compete the market leaders. An entrepreneur introduces innovations, that respond to a need, generate cash flow, create jobs and work with what is readily available. With a track record in media, databank management, internet and eco-products I was very much impacted by my incapacity to see unintended consequences – even collateral damage, trying to do implement a new business model. What happened?

As president of Ecover, I promoted biodegradable soaps manufactured in a greenfactory with a huge grass roof. I was shocked to learn that as demand for palm oil – the main ingredient – increased, more rain forest was destroyed. How could I ever have overlooked that cleaning up the rivers in Europe leads to the destruction of the habitat of the orangutan? I learned the hard way that biodegradability has nothing to see with sustainability. This is the world of the Green Economy: the intentions are good but asking customers to pay more to get less, while loosing sight of the whole maybe less bad, but it is still not good enough.

As a consequence, it became a passion to imagine an innovative and competitive business model that has no unintended consequences. I searched for the opportunity to create companies that outcompete on the market, thanks to solid innovations, dramatically increasing productivity, improving return on investment, while operating inharmony with the ecosystems. I imagined business that not only preserves the environment, rather businesses the enhance ecosystems in which my companies would operate.

The United Nations University and the Japanese Government offered me the chance to imagine such businesses, scientifically proven and economically viable. The platform in Japan permitted me to build a team to pioneer concrete examples from a beer brewery in Africa, to coffee farming in Colombia and waste management in Japan.

These hands-on cases inspired me to undertake a competitive analysis and make an inventory of all innovations inspired by nature that are likely to shape the future. A review of +2,200 innovations revealed that only very few were adopted by business. Of all the sustainable innovations borrowed from nature only three that had become mainstream with sales in excess of €100 million: Velcro from the USA, Lotusan from Germany marketed by Sto and proboscis-inspired needles from Japan made by Terumo.

I turned to the projects I knew, the scientists I visited, the CEOs I had met and discussed the best ideas with business journalists, corporate strategists, management scholars, policy makers and innovation experts. Thanks to their input I drew up a list of 100 innovations that are likely to change the competitive game in many sectors of the economy.

There was a major surprise. When the experts advised me on the magnitude of potential job generation, the number reached 100 million. Checking the benchmarks before me, I was surprised that one third of the business ideas are already invoicing and the several innovations represent platform technologies applicable in dozens of sectors.This portfolio of innovations has more than potential.

A business model emerged that fundamentally changes the rules on the market. Instead of a triple bottom line, there is a triple cash flow. How is this possible? Ever since management focused on core business based on core competence, companies have discarded any opportunity outside their tight focus on economies of scale, making more of the same cheaper through mergers and aquisitions. This is the world of the RedEconomy – an economy of debt.

The 100 cases that will be released one after the other provide insights on how costs externalized within that core business model turn into multiple income applying aconcept known as economies of scope. This clustering and value adding generates revenues that did not even exist. This is the core uniqueness of the competitive business models that will be released one by one as of February 22, 2010. This is the start of the Blue Economy. There is more.

Once entrepreneurs can generate multiple revenues, value and cash flow, then it is easy to understand how these innovations create jobs. On top of that, since value is created out of something that had no value before, there is no substitution effect. The traditional economist will be surprised that higher productivity now equates with jobcreation. While the generation of additional cash flow will be a main argument, the fact that themarket leaders have limited means to formulate a competitive response turns the odds in favor of the entrepreneur.

Companies that have decades of experience and a loyal customer base worldwide,supported by a stable cash flow and profit margins, will not easily hand over a major part of business to a newcomer. However, these innovations change the rules of the game, often without openly informing key players, maybe taking them off guard andwithout the internal competences to respond.

The portfolio of opportunities based on these 100 cases is vast. More than oneentrepreneur, more than one investor, more than one venture fund can take the initiatve. That is the main reason for offering this inspiration open source.

The 100 cases offer an insight into an emerging economy – the Blue Economy- that is more competitive, generates jobs, brings innovations that steer business towards sustainability and builds up social capital. Who would not like to join this?

Gunter Pauli
author of the Blue Economy
www.zeri.org

For further background on the 100 cases
www.blueeconomy.de