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The availability bias: Why we overestimate the likelihood of scary but unlikely events

Idea to Value

However, in the last 500 years only 1,909 confirmed shark attacks occurred worldwide (as of the 2015 research paper ); of the 737 that happened in the United States, only 38 people died in total. Interestingly, this is just as likely for real events as it is for events which people were asked to imagine happening.

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Conference Wrapup – Change Management 2015

Braden Kelley

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Change Management Professionals’ (ACMP®) annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, titled appropriately Change Management 2015. The event represented a convening of nearly 1,000 change management professionals from around the globe, … Continue reading →

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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

Must-Go Events & Conferences. 175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC.

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Soren Kaplan’s – March 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

Must-Go Events & Conferences. Wharton Technology & Innovation Conference 2015 April 17 – 18 Philadelphia, PA. ASU + GSV Summit 2015 April 6 – 8 Scottsdale, AZ. Open Education Global 2015 April 22 – 24 Banff, Alberta CA. Building marketing and sales capabilities to beat the market.

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59 Innovation Events for Q4 2015

Innovation Excellence

Earlier this year, Jason Williams shared a list of 46 Innovation Conferences for 2015. Explorious Ventures, both a collector and connector, has curated the world's largest list of innovation-related events, conferences, festivals and happenings. That list has grown to over 150 and provided the inspiration for Explorious Ventures.

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Soren Kaplan’s Leapfrogging Newsletter – February 2015

Leapfrogging

Must-Go Events & Conferences. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC. Twitter: 10 Psychological Insights. Memory and Recall: 10 Amazing Facts You Should Know. Unite For Sight – Global Health and Innovation Conference – March 28-29 Yale University. Next Innovation Summit – Mar 04-15, Anaheim, California.

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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Clarke founded the food waste company, OLIO in 2015. In 2015 she founded DnaNudge a company which helps people make healthy choices based on their own unique DNA profile. The company has raised over £37 m in equity finance so far, across three funding rounds, and has been awarded grants from Innovate UK.