We host David Rothkopf this Thursday, March 15 in conversation with David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times. Ticket info here. David Rothkopf is the internationally acclaimed author of Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making , and Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power, [...]
We’re looking forward to hosting Jim Stengel at Live Talks Business Forum on Feb 2 at The City Club on Bunker Hill — 54th floor of the Wells Fargo Tower. On a clear morning, a spectacular view of Los Angeles… He’ll be in conversation with Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management. Ticket info [...]
We host Jim Stengel, former Global Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble Thursday, February 2 at our Live Talks Business Forum at The City Club, downtown Los Angeles. He’ll be in conversation with Judy Olian, Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management. Event info and tickets here. Stengel speaks at TED later this month and we [...]
Very much looking forward to hosting Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman this Friday, Nov 4 at The City Club, downtown Los Angeles. He will be in conversation with neuroeconomist Paul Zak. More info an ticket info here. They’ll discuss Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. Here are links to some of the interviews with Kahneman [...]
An excerpt from George Skelton’s Sept 18 column in the Los Angeles Times: Spending cuts are necessary and tax breaks can help, but they aren’t the whole answer. Government must also pick winning industries and invest in them, developing public-private partnerships. It must pour money into educating the workforce, especially in community colleges. And it [...]
Article in the New York Times, Sept 18 on Gov. Granholm’s new book and the economy. We host her at Live Talks Business on Sept 29. Here’s an excerpt: And yet, Jennifer M. Granholm, the former Democratic governor of the state, who led it through much of its rocky last decade, says she sees a key [...]
We host Eric Ries on Sept 15. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Eric Ries in Fast Company: FAST COMPANY: Really, should we become entrepreneurs or should I buy an instructional book on poker and take my chances in Atlantic City? Eric Ries: If your goal is to make money, becoming an entrepreneur is a sucker’s [...]
The Los Angeles Downtown News likes our event with James O’Shea this week at the City Club (Sept 7), making it on their top five “Don’t Miss List”. Here’s a clipping…
We host Lawrence Lessig on October 28 discussing how ‘the economy of influence’ defeats the will of the people. His new book is REPUBLIC, LOST: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It. Lessig recently commented on Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’ pledge to withhold campaign contributions “until [politicians] strike a bipartisan, balanced long-term debt deal that [...]