Tim Leberecht
Global Brand Strategist | The Human Side of Business
Tim Leberecht is a Brand Strategy speaker who has appeared at 4 events including NEXT Conference and TED 2016, most recently in 2023.
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Tim Leberecht is a global brand strategist and author who champions the human side of business. As the former CMO of NBBJ, a leading design and architecture firm, he helped global clients like Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing rethink their brand experience.
Leberecht's acclaimed TED talks explore how companies can create more human and meaningful experiences in a tech-driven world. His book 'The Business Romantic' offers a humanistic counterpoint to the data-driven focus of Silicon Valley, advocating for more emotion, mystery, and wonder in the workplace.
Talks3
4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines
In the face of artificial intelligence and machine learning, we need a new radical humanism, says Tim Leberecht. For the self-described "business romantic," this means designing organizations and workplaces that celebrate authenticity instead of efficiency and questions instead of answers. Leberecht proposes four (admittedly subjective) principles for building beautiful organizations.
| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEXT Conference | 2023 | 1 | |
| TED 2016 | 2016 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| TED 2012 | 2012 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States | 1 |
| TNW Conference 2021 | 1 |
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Speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Tim
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Don TapscottBlockchain Visionary | 'Wikinomics' Author & Business Transformation | 2 | TED 2012, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Jonathan HaidtNYU social psychologist | Author of The Righteous Mind, leading voice on polarization & teen mental health | 2 | TED 2012, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Rachel BotsmanTrust Expert & Oxford Lecturer | Bestselling Author of 'Who Can You Trust?' | 2 | TED 2012, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Sarah ParcakTED Prize winner | Uses satellite technology to discover lost archaeological sites | 2 | TED 2012, TED 2016View shared history → |
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