Links

TED TALKS  –  http://www.ted.com/talks

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences – the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

LEADERS CAFE  –  http://www.leaderscafe.co.uk/

Leaders Cafe is a social enterprise that provides world class leadership learning for a modest and affordable investment. Our social purpose is to help 20 million people get access to this world class leadership learning by 2020.  We help people to Imaging Better. Create Better. Lead Better.

ASIAN FORESIGHT INSTITUTE  –  http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/AFI

The Asian Foresight Institute [AFI] was founded in 2008 and is directed by professor Dr Richard David Hames. The Institute is located within the International College at Dhurakij Pundit University in Bangkok – a university dedicated to new business and management knowledge. With an extensive network of strategic foresight practitioners AFI informs the public about future patterns, trends and choices from inclusively global (rather than exclusively Western) perspectives.

INTRANATIONS  –  http://www.internations.org/

InterNations is an organization of expatriate communities in more than 230 cities across all countries of the world.

INHABITAT  –  http://inhabitat.com/

Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future. Inhabitat was started by NYC designer Jill Fehrenbacher as a forum for investigating emerging trends in product, interior, and architectural design.

BIGTHINK  –  http://bigthink.com/

Big Think is an online knowledge forum, founded in 2007, that features interviews, multi-media presentations, and roundtable discussions with major intellectuals from a wide range of fields. The concept for Big Think has been described as a YouTube for ideas, was first developed by Victoria Brown (Co-Founder and CEO) and Peter Hopkins (Co-Founder and President).