Intelligence Squared

Business Weekly: No Bullsh*t Leadership with Jimmy Wales

Oct 18, 2021

In this engaging conversation, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and the innovative WT.Social, shares his insights on modern leadership and the digital age. He critiques business jargon and discusses the importance of clear communication. Wales emphasizes embracing failure as a pathway to success and examines cultural differences in startup attitudes between Silicon Valley and Europe. The chat also explores the impact of emerging technologies, especially 5G, on business innovation, highlighting the need for critical thinking in today's information landscape.

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

Tech and Innovation Rapid Fire: Insights and Preferences

4min

Rethinking Jargon and Leadership in the Digital Age

20min

Embracing Failure as a Pathway to Success

4min

Leadership Lessons and Startup Struggles

5min

The Evolution of Business Through Emerging Technology

2min

Chris Hirst, Global CEO of advertising group Havas Creative, cuts through the bullshit and gets to the heart of modern leadership in this straight-talking podcast brought to you by Intelligence Squared. In this episode Chris Hirst speaks to the internet pioneer and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales who is perhaps the most famous silicon-valley entrepreneur to not become a billionaire. Wikipedia has changed how knowledge is accessed across the world, with 1.5 billion devices accessing the site every month. Jimmy Wales is also founder of the Wikimedia Foundation and co-founder of Wikia, a privately owned free web hosting service he set up in 2004. In 2019 he founded WT.Social, a microblogging site pitched as a 'non-toxic social network...where advertisers don't call the shots'. The service contains no advertisements and runs off donations. To subscribe click here: https://pod.link/1533418365

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