Visions that Compose a New Reality

We invite you to the fourth week of Wisdom Health, where we are going to share different visions of some of the people who have accompanied us in this first stage, to compose a new reality. To achieve a cross-linked dialogue that gives birth to a common message, integrating what is happening to us, what we can learn from the past and what moves us committing ourselves to a regenerated future.

Wisdom Health is an emerging community of conscious leaders that promotes the relationships sustaining the process of regeneration and cohesion in vulnerable times. Focusing on three main areas:

• Being with our Present - Regenerative Humanity

• Learning from our Past - Ancient Wisdom Resilience

• Committed to our Future - Humane Economy and Technology

Keynote at World Happiness Fest

Can you imagine a city that feels, understands, and cares about human flourishing?

Future cities will reshape human potential in countless ways. Novel strategies and models are required for future urban spaces to properly respond to human evolution, environmental conditions, and social dynamics.

Transforming technologies will play an important role in making cities more livable by addressing current emotional challenges and empowering mental health.

Transforming cities aim at improving wellbeing across societies through purposefully designed urban innovations that successfully blend technological advancements with human nature.

To achieve that, a science-driven Transforming Framework has been developed at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Media Lab) to equip practitioners and designers of technology to create urban innovations that last.

Global Business Challenges

Prof. Agnis Stibe invites his students to the Transforming IMBA Hackathon for addressing Global Business Challenges.

This was a unique experience, as for one full day all of the Transforming IMBA students addressed some of the most urgent global challenges within these three:

CATEGORIES

1. Sustainable Business (19) - creating businesses that leave positive footprint on the planet.

2. Human Flourishing (6) - helping people and societies to have happy and fulfilling lives.

3. Emerging Economies (3) - facilitating and supporting emerging markets to succeed faster.

CRITERIA

1. Impact - the size of impact - how many people impacted?

2. Scale - how easy it can be scaled? - can it cover the whole planet?

3. Viability - is there a real need? - is there a validated necessity?

4. Disruptiveness - how futuristic is your solution? - how far from an ordinary thinking?

TEAMS

• Registered their team name and members.

• Had maximum 3 people.

• Contained students from any of the IMBA groups.

SOLUTIONS

• Recorded as a short video presentation or demonstration.

• Each video less than 3 minutes long.

• Easy video recording and editing tool Screencast-O-Matic.

• All video uploaded to YouTube.

• All the names of team members are explicitly written in the video description on YouTube.

AGENDA

• 09:00 - Welcome Zoom Call

• 09:10 - Introduction to the Categories

• 09:20 - Teams Formation

• 09:30 - Hackathon Starts

• 17:00 - Time to Upload your Videos to YouTube

• 17:30 - All Videos Uploaded and their Links Added

• 17:40 - Closing Zoom Call

• 18:00 - Hackathon Ends

GRADING

• All videos evaluated and ranked.

• The best performing videos receiving top grades.

ENCOURAGEMENT

• Getting your enthusiasm, creativity, and devices ready for this memorable experience!

• Any questions?

Demystifying Transformation

Majority of global problems are byproducts of poor human attitude and behavior. Often people find reasons outside themselves for why we have such environmental issues and cultural segregation. We tend to see changes as something difficult, impossible, and mystical, thus something to avoid. Such attitude naturally leads to questionable choices and consequent results. This talk will demystify human change and reveal the secrets of transformation, thus making it easy for everyone to apply globally.

Demystifying Human Change: Transformation Made Easy for Everyone

People, businesses, communities, societies, basically everyone needs help with transforming their lives and activities. Many want to permanently change or walk the path of sustainable transformation, but we also know how often our new year's resolutions end in February. People are often unsuccessful with transformation because they don't have knowledge about it, and thus it seems mystical to many. This talk will revolutionize this aspect by introducing:

• Transforming Wellbeing Theory — that explains the essentials of and the inevitable need for global transformations (Stibe et al. 2019),

• Typology of Change — that clarifies the variety of changes and provides ways to consciously separate them (Stibe et al. 2019),

• Transforming Framework — that contains 8 applicable tools for immediate use (Stibe et al. 2019), and

• Transforming Sociotech Design — that bends technological innovations with human nature to empower sustainable changes at scale (Stibe et al. 2018, Stibe & Larson 2016).

Our world is going crazy, so what? Therefore, this talk will reveal how the Transforming Wellbeing Theory & Practice is emerging as an inevitable response to the ever-growing imbalance in our lives across the globe. Over the decades, we have been advancing technologies to make our lives better. The fundamental question still remains: with all the evolving innovations, are we gaining decent success in achieving happier and more sustainable societies? Every crucial domain of our lives continuously provides evidence of how things are getting imbalanced despite us making huge progress in building increasingly capable technological innovations, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, and drones, just to name a few. The talk will provide scientific insights and practical applications to transform lives at global scale. Due to its strong fundament that intertwines technological innovations with human nature, this work is applicable in many essential life contexts, including health, education, sustainability, equality, governance, safety, emergency, management, marketing, ecology, economy, and dwelling.

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE EBIT

Majority of global problems and business challenges directly stem from and are driven by poor human attitude and behavior.

Often people look for and find reasons outside themselves for why we have such environmental issues and low performing organizations. People, communities, societies, businesses, organizations, industries, basically everyone needs help with transformations. Many people want to change, but we also know how often our new year's resolutions end in February. Majority of our current global challenges are byproducts of unsuitable thinking too. Why? Because, people tend to perceive changes as something difficult, impossible, and mystical, thus are willing to avoid them. Such attitude naturally leads to poorer decisions and consequent behavioral outcomes for societies and business organizations.

Prestigious and Largest Business Conference with 20+ Best Experts - Leaders

Beyond Pricing

Vai arī jūsu iepirkšanās pieredze ir iestrēgusi atlaižu kultā un cenu dominances stagnācijā?

Vai tiešam nav nekā effektīvāka par gadu desmitos notrulinātajiem burkāniem un nūjām, jebšu pielabināšanas un sodīšanas paņēmieniem?

Cilvēki izsenis vēlas patīkamāku dzīvi, pieņemt labklājīgākus lēmumus un izveidot līdzsvarotākus paradumus. Tagad tas ir iespējams, pateicoties transformējošas labklājības teorijai un praksei.

Mūsdienu zinātne apvienojumā ar modernām tehnoloģijām jau vairākus gadus piedāvā inovatīvas pieejas ikdienas pieredzes transfromēšanai visā pasaulē. Tās sekmīgi palīdz sasniegt jēgpilnas attieksmes un uzvedības transformācijas daudzās dzīves jomās, iekļaujot veselību, ilgtspēju, pilsētvidi, transportu, uzņēmējdarbību, pārvaldi, un citas. Ir pienācis laiks šo sasniegumu aktīvākam pielietojumam arī uzlabojot iepirkšanās pieredzi.

Konference Retail Pulse ’19

Konference “Retail Pulse '19” ir svarīga tikšanās vieta ikvienam, kas šodien ir saistīts ar mazumtirdzniecības nozari. Tēma “BEYOND PRICING” uzsver, ka cena nebūt nav vienīgais līdzeklis, kas ietekmē pircēja izvēli. Lēmums par pirkumu formējas pakāpeniski, un cenas impulsu nozīmi nosaka dažādu pieredzes aspektu kopums. Tā ir teritorija, ko varam ietekmēt.

Konference sniegs atbildes uz jautājumiem:

• Kas noticis mazumtirdniecības jomā 2018. gadā un ko varētu nest 2019. gads?

• Kāds ir mūsdienu veikals?

• Kā pozitīvi ietekmēt pircēja pieredzi?

• Kā palielināt pārdošanu bez cenu samazinājuma?

• Kā radīt dizainu, kas izceļ produktu un motivē pircēju izvēlēties tieši tavu produktu?

• Dienu noslēgsim ar diskusiju – ko nozīmē būt labam pircēju mārketinga ekspertam?

Secrets of Human Behaviour and Attitude Change 

Strategically, we all constantly want to improve our businesses and their performances in so many ways. But do we really know the key drivers behind successful business transformations? Are we aware of the role of human behaviour and attitude in determining the chances of achieving permanent change for good?

The session will consist of a presentation and an interactive masterclass. Welcome everyone currently or thinking about:

• managing people

• managing processes that involve/depend on people

• designing tech (UX, UI, HCI, AI, AR)

• doing marketing (social media, consumer behaviour)

• responsible for strategic change management

This thought-provoking talk will expand on beliefs about ways of how emerging technologies can transform businesses and societies today. This talk blends science and practice to help gain a richer understanding of how transformation works, what its essential components are, how to design and apply influential strategies, what novel technologies - artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and advanced sensing - are effective at facilitating change processes, and what to do first thing each morning. This knowledge is applicable in multiple domains, including but not limited to business, governance, health, sustainability, education, safety, security, equality, economy.

Masterclass

How to Succeed in Transforming Lives and Businesses?

Have you ever tried to change something in yourself or others? How many times you have had a New Year’s resolution that succeeds? Most of us strive to improve. However, we rarely get to celebrate victories in really transforming our habits, behaviours, and thoughts, thus changing our lives and businesses for good. The masterclass will provide a sharper understanding on how the Theory of Transforming Wellbeing empowers us to innovate in ways that will not only make our envisioned changes but also make those changes last. Most of us already want change for better. What we often miss is the knowledge of how to make such transformations succeed and stick. This masterclass will help you develop and internalise the necessary competencies.

Homework

Come and bring any of your real-life cases (using this Defining Transformation template) to the masterclass, so we can start transforming them right there. Ideally, email your cases before the masterclass.

ADAPT’s 14th CIO Edge Experience 

As a CIO, you try to improve the performance your organization every day, right? Now, how frequently you got to celebrate victories in really transforming a process or a behavioral pattern at your workplace? Most of you already want changes for better. What you often miss is the knowledge of how to make such transformations succeed and stick.

This thought-provoking talk will expand on beliefs about ways of how emerging technologies can transform businesses today. It blends science and practice to help gain a richer understanding of how transformation works, what its essential components are, how to design and apply influential strategies, what novel technologies - artificial intelligence, augmented reality, advanced sensing, and autonomy - are effective at facilitating change processes, and what to do first thing each morning. This knowledge is applicable in multiple domains, including but not limited to business, governance, health, sustainability, education, safety, security, equality, and economy.

Insights from the Edge: Shaping New Business Paradigms and Creating the ‘Future of Work’

Moderator: Peter Hind – Senior Analyst

Panellists:

• Scarlett Sieber – Global Innovation and Digital Transformation Thought-Leader

• Darren Kerry – Director, Digital, Technology & OTT, Seven West Media

• Prof. Agnis Stibe – Founder, transforms.me

Cognitive technology, enhanced connectivity, workflow tools, new talent models and enhanced data analytics are helping to create the future of work, today. By combining these developments with innovative business practices, organisations are pivoting from their traditional core functions, opening new opportunities, better utilising their talent and reducing costs. As a result, the lines between business units are blurring, staff responsibilities and work practices are evolving and work spaces are becoming centres for collaboration.