Speaker Series

At Inflection, we relish good ideas, whatever their origin. Our regular lunchtime speaker series brings a thought-leader from any field to share their expertise and inspire our team. And now, thanks to our video uploads, you!

Paul Lamb: Kindness

Dec 06, 2012 | 41:41 – Paul Lamb is the Principal of Man on a Mission Consulting, a management consulting firm specializing in social change through business and technology. He has built several successful nonprofit organizations and social enterprises in the areas of youth, workforce development, and technology. More

Jess Johnson: Jeans 4 Justice

Nov 26, 2012 | 32:28 – Jess found her life's purpose to heal, motivate, educate and inspire through Jeans 4 Justice, a program that spreads the message of sexual violence prevention through creative activities. "I have been touched deeply by the many survivors in my life, and the fire inside of me to pursue this mission and truly make an impact grows every day." More

Suzanne Klahr: BUILD

Oct 10, 2012 | 47:15 – Ms. Klahr pioneered the very first class on Social Entrepreneurship in any law school at Stanford Law School. Since then, she has advocated for law schools to provide students with public interest opportunities in social enterprise. Ms. Klahr will teach, with Kyle Westaway, Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship in the Winter and Spring Terms 2013. More

Eben Pagan: Entrepreneurship and Creativity

Jun 25, 2012 | 47:05 – Eben Pagan is an American business entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and respected internet marketers; he now teaches those skills through a series of video trainings, webinars, and seminars. More

Lane Becker: Planned Serendipity

Jun 13, 2012 | 39:46 – Lane Becker is co-founder and President of Get Satisfaction, a web startup dedicated to fostering new methods of communication and collaboration between companies and their customers, and a co-founder of Adaptive Path, a user experience strategy, research, and design consultancy, known for, among other things, coining the technology terms "blog" and "ajax." More

Fred Luskin: Stress Free for Good—Tools for Forgiveness and Sustainable Happiness

Mar 09, 2012 | 29:18 – Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. is the Director of the Forgiveness Projects and co-instructor of the extremely popular Happiness classes at Stanford University. More

Jonathan Smiley: Why (and How) to Rapidly Prototype for Multiple Devices

Feb 08, 2012 | 50:51 – Uber-talented Jonathan Smiley of ZURB joined us to discuss the future of mobile product design. Says, Jonathan "The online world is changing, and new devices are becoming both more important and more varied." More

Matt Truscott: Top 10 Nutrition and Fitness Tips for 2012

Jan 20, 2012 | 55:49 – While interning at the Reikes Center in Menlo Park, Matt discovered his talent for personal training and coaching. Matt wanted to apply his previous fitness experience and personal philosophies to enhance the lives of others. While employed by Equinox Fitness in San Mateo, Matt had a growing empire of consistent clients, as a personal trainer, while also teaching numerous classes. Classes ranged from core strengthening, circuit training and cardio focused. More

Gopi Kallayil: From Internet to Inner-Net

Nov 30, 2011 | 38:38 – Gopi Kallayil is a Group Product Marketing Manager at Google supporting the marketing of the Company's flagship advertising product, AdWords, in the Americas. He's also one of the Silicon Valley's most progressive and curious thinkers. More

Peter Bouckaert: The Arab Spring: Changes and Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa

Nov 17, 2011 | 56:21 – Peter Bouckaert is director of emergencies at Human Rights Watch. He is responsible for coordinating Human Rights Watch's response to major wars and other human rights crises. More

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