Spread the words. Bring the ideas from SXSW to your companies, your jobs, and do your part to be the change coming to the global workplace.

1. AGENDA
Disrupting
The Workplace
17 Genius Quotes From #SXSW2017
[that give us hope + that made us feel + that will change the future of work]

2. Goals
Read through the most
inspiring quotes from the
Workplace Track

3. AGENDA
Workplace
Is the workforce ready for a reset?

4. “We have to create companies that we
want to work for so that we can create
a world that we want to live in.”
- DAN LYONS
Author of the New York Times best-seller book
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Session | Disrupted: Ending Bro Culture and Bias in Startup-Land

5. “Encourage feedback
and candor
and listen
with the intent
to understand,
not to respond.”
KIM SCOTT
CoFounder & CEO, Candor Inc
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Session | Radical Candor: How to Say What You Really Think

6. AGENDA
Innovation
How do we thrive through change?

7. “If something unexpected happens, for good or for bad,
that’s the market speaking to you, telling you
something you don’t know. Savor surprises.”
SCOTT COOK
Founder & Chairman of Executive Committee, Intuit
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter

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“The most important question isn’t
how to make super intelligence,
or when will it come about.
The most important question is,
when it does come about,
how do we make it do
the right thing?”
MELANIE COOK
Strategy Lead, Southeast Asia, SapientNitro
Session | Augmented Intelligence: The Next-Gen AI

9. AGENDA
Women at Work
Why is there a wage gap?

10. “The next time you think
you’re shy, ask yourself ‘Did
you decide this or did someone
else decide this for you?’”
LAURA JONES
VP Strategy Director, BAVLab-A Y&R
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Session | Get Loud Ladies: Using Your Voice to Get Ahead

11. “If women do push back [on salary
negotiation], they apologize. Men
don’t apologize for asking.”
STACEY REDMAN
VP of Human Resources, Autodesk
Session | Short Changed: Why Women’s Salaries Fall Short

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“You have every right to negotiate.
You are expected to negotiate.
68% of women don’t negotiate vs. 52% of men.”
DAWN LYON
VP of Corporate Affairs, Glassdoor
Session | Mind the Gap How to Increase Gender Pay Equality

13. AGENDA
Inclusion & Diversity
How can we educate ourselves?

14. Goals
“Anchor yourself
in the confidence that you have value.
When you start from there,
it’s trial and error for everyone,
regardless of if a disability is present.”
BRITTANY DÉJEAN
Founder of AbleThrive
Session | Don’t Dis My Ability: Universal Inclusion

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“Get comfortable
with getting uncomfortable.
Address unconscious biases.”
- CANDICE MORGAN
Head of Diversity, Pinterest
Session | The Future of Work: How to Innovate with Inclusion

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“Diversity is about headcount,
inclusion is about making those heads count.”
BRITTA WILSON
VP Inclusion Strategies, Pixar
Session | Shedding Light on Hidden Bias

17. AGENDA
People
How to preserve humanity
in a data-driven world?

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“85% of success comes from soft skills.
Relationships are your secret weapon.
They allow you to influence without
working in the formal structure.”
- KARLYN BORYSENKO -
Principal, Zen Workplace
Session | Playing Politics: Psychology of the Human Workplace

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“Data can build bridges, but only our shared
humanity can collapse the divides.”
JESSICA SHORTALL
Managing Director, Texas Competes
Session | Convergence Keynote: Jessica Shortall

20. AGENDA
Ideas
Are ideas the currency of life?

21. “Most of the founders I’ve seen have
something about their idea that
transcends the initial product.”
MIKE MAPLES
Managing Partner, Floodgate
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter

22. Goals
“If you’re ever car-jacked in the middle of nowhere, hooded guys steal
your car, steal your wallet, steal your phone, everything out of your pocket,
what do you do? You go to the local pizza store, order delivery, and hitch
a ride with the delivery boy back to your house.”
JAMES ALTUCHER
Host, The James Altucher Show
Session | Outthink the Future with Just 10 Ideas a Day
On thinking outside the box...

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“Have a thinking partner.
The people you should seek out are
the people who disagree with you.”
- CARMEN MEDINA -
Former CIA Deputy Director,
Co-Author of Rebels at Work
Session | Update your Critical Thinking Skills

24. Session | Hiring Sucks, but It Doesn’t Have To
“We work on building a workplace where
people want to stay. When people do leave,
it’s because it’s their personal desire for
change and development outweighs our
ability to provide it for them.”
ANNIE RIHN
VP Recruiting, Zillow

25. Goals
“We don't have a lack of creativity, we have a lack of
people who champion. Once you have the insight,
what do you do with it?”
ADAM GRANT
Professor & Author, The Wharton School
Session | Interactive Keynote: Adam Grant

26. AGENDA
In 36 notes we captured the spirit of the SXSW Workplace Track
and the genius of the speakers.
The result?
A collection of modern thought and insight on the future of work.
To get all the notes, visit: www.evernote.com/sxsw/