In this week’s episode of #EarthUnscrewed we’re introduced to Zero Mass Water the company creating water from just sunlight and air https://virg.in/iup #Podcasts

Are you a young change maker with a brilliant idea to create change in your community? The Virgin Money Foundation’s Young Change Makers Fellowship Programme is giving young people the funding, mentoring and leadership development they need to create change in the communities that need it most: https://virg.in/REX #VirginFamily Virgin Money UK PLC …see more

Now we've all got access (for free, at any time, in any place) to the world's entire collective knowledge and the ability to self teach almost any skill. I've no idea why hiring isn't almost entirely based on someone's attitude. Something a resume is extremely poor at conveying and every job spec never considers. Driven, curious, imaginative people are the magic in the world.

Shake your phone. Order a bottle of champagne. Get it delivered to your exact location. Introducing Virgin Voyages Shake For Champagne https://virg.in/ifh

Starting a new book this Saturday morning. Said to be an insightful analysis of the South Sea Bubble, including the mathematicians, scientists, financial dreamers, schemers and swindlers who “plunged their country into economic disaster...and then made the world rich again.” …see more

Questions you should ask yourself before taking the plunge into #entrepreneurship : 1. 'How passionate am I to solve this problem? Why do I want to solve it? What are my unique insights?' 2. 'What am I willing to risk? How long can I sustain without pay, revenue, funding?' 3. 'Am I expecting my family to support - financial constraints, lack of my time and availability?' You are doing what you want. 'Are they aligned; if they are not, are you prepared for the consequences?' This clarity will make the foundation of your entrepreneurial journey strong. …see more

“Creating a psychological, physical and emotional safe space for employees is very important to me. That’s when creativity thrives.” Wonderful to hear Israel Rivera from Virgin Active share his thoughts on this episode of Meet The #VirginFamily .

Digital entertainment is big business. How big? Over $100 billion. Which top Internet companies lead the way? Read what my investment team at O’Shares ETFs has to say. Download the new Internet & e-commerce report: http://bit.ly/2N8tk97

Sensible, evidence-based policies that take inspiration from what has already been tried and tested elsewhere can show a way out of Britain’s drug crisis https://virg.in/SsY

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. " -Nelson Mandela

Continued and growing statelessness is an enormous challenge for humanity. But the optimist in me tries to see the upside: when given an identity, a sense of belonging, people will be able to fulfil their true potential https://virg.in/iNF #IBelong UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency …see more

Inspiring to read about how learning is a learned behaviour – and we can get better at getting better: https://lnkd.in/d6pyR_s #ReadByRichard

Wonderful to hear from Virgin Hyperloop One on the latest podcast episode of #EarthUnscrewed . It’s incredible to think that we’re building the fastest, most energy-efficient, and sustainable form of travel ever created: https://virg.in/iHh

Last week, I spoke with a recent grad who asked for advice on how to find "aha moments" in his career and life. My response was that you cannot map or prepare every step of your career to optimize for aha moments. Instead, aha moments come, go, and may reemerge just like opportunities. Instead of anticipating for aha moments, keep a curious and open mind on opportunities that come your way. Be surrounded by peers and mentors who can help identify these moments. Aha moments will come in different shapes and sizes, but also at different times. It's so so easy to start comparing ourselves to others then try to expedite our own timeline. While some competition is healthy and we should always act with a sense of urgency, never feel that need to fit and adhere yourselves to someone else's timeline. Thought this infographic did a great job illustrating that we all experience aha moments differently. cc: Anna Vital …see more

Here are the FDA-approved Artificial Intelligence-based algorithms in medicine and healthcare! As even the FDA doesn't have an updated database, I had to do it myself. With your initial feedback and suggestions, this is the updated database and infographic. I hope you will find it useful! #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning #machinelearning #fda …see more

When employees start leaving your team, and managers complain about employees not having loyalty, other managers or companies "poaching" them, or making last-minute desperate counters with things they should have done long ago, it's time to fire those managers for not doing their jobs of building great teams and growing and empowering their people. People have choices, and employment at will cuts both ways. They will stay when their work is interesting, the pay is competitive, their work environment is healthy, and their manager is kind, understanding and knows how to grow their careers. They will leave when those things are not offered in their current job and find a job that does. They will leave toxic work environments even faster. So don't blame them. Take an honest look within, find what's broken, fix it, and hold the people that broke it accountable. It's that simple. #accountability #dobetter …see more

There is a great difference between Jeff Bezos and me, of course :-) apart from networth! I sleep for less than 6 hours a day, and I use PowerPoint to organise my thinking on everything. Bezos doesn't like PowerPoint and likes to get 8 hours of sleep! A little nugget of wisdom from him - " As a senior executive, you are paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions." I think this is the advice all founders should ponder on. #Leadership #Management #BestAdvice Watch more here: Video Credits: David Rubenstein Show …see more

We're in this funny age where we hoard data. This idea that data is the new oil means we presume more is more. About 99.9999% data is absolutely useless. Data is about the decisions you can make from it. It's far better to have clean,ratified, useful, intimate & accessible data, in one source. I wish people would focus on that.

Remembering the legendary entrepreneur #DhirubhaiAmbani on his birth anniversary: "For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win."

Hard to imagine people around the world looking at the United States today and saying “I want a political system like that.”