Do Lectures

An ode to the bicycle

jonheslop — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:09 +0000

Sitting un-comfortably? The importance of the bike in the history of the world. Inspiring talk from Rob Penn.

Grow you own veg

jonheslop — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:00:30 +0000

Man walks into supermarket. Gets annoyed. Walks back out to start a movement. Great talk from Michael Kelly about getting Ireland growing again.

Do trust in the things you love

jonheslop — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:45:20 +0000

Watch this talk. Mickey Smith. “If I can only scrape a living, at least it will be a living worth scraping” Beautiful life affirming stuff.

Do things the long, hard, stupid way

jonheslop — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:40 +0000

Warning: This talk contains optimism. And it’s contagious. Frank Chimero’s inspirational talk on the long, hard, stupid way. And why we all should pursue it.

This is my story

jonheslop — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:43:08 +0000

When Chido was 7 she quit school to look after her brother and grandmother. At 11 she was given the chance to learn to grow mushrooms. This changed the course of her life and now at 24 ,Chido travels around Zimbabwe and the world teaching others to grow mushrooms and change their lives too.

How school leavers can learn how to make the right career choice

jonheslop — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:07:31 +0000

If you are trying to decide on what career or what course to do, watch this insightful talk from Joe Casey about the art of choosing.

Why Britain needs micro lending

jonheslop — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:15:22 +0000

Faisel started his company on an egg credit card. Inspiring talk: Why Britain needs micro lending just as much any other country.

What are the questions that drive us

jonheslop — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:00:32 +0000

Poignant and powerful talk from Christina Wyly. What do you that matters? What is the question that you are living now. And why ‘now’ is the most important thing you have.

Do it for (y)ourself

jonheslop — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:34:07 +0000

Inspiring talk from Indy Johar. How to build community around things. How do we go from ‘I’ to ‘We’. Big ideas. Challenging ideas.

How to change how ideas are funded

jonheslop — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:04:02 +0000

Kickstarter is a platform that has changed how ideas are funded for artists, designers, filmmakers, explorers and the like. Perry Chen talks about how and why it all started. Great talk. Big idea.

Become a radical pragmatist

jonheslop — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:25:20 +0000

Alan Webber’s wonderful talk. We are in a big fix and we need a big fix. The rise of the radical pragmatist. Big idea.

Why we need to design better things, not design better

jonheslop — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:26:18 +0000

An insightful talk from the visionary Mark Shayler. Why we need to design better things, not design better. And why both the planet and the bottom line will thank you.

Thoughts on the word Independence

jonheslop — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:36:56 +0000

Richard King delivers a super insightful talk on the importance of true independence in the music industry. If you’re Indie-Indie-Indie, look away.

A new philosophy for food

jonheslop — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:50:57 +0000

Big idea. Arthur Potts Dawson talks about the need for a new industrial revolution for food based on all the mistakes we have made in the past and correcting them.

How to build a solar farm

jonheslop — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:39:18 +0000

Glen Peters has worked in engineering, pharmacy and investment banking but they never felt quite right. Glen has now turned his hand to solar energy, building the first solar farm in West Wales. Here’s what he learnt along the way.

The importance of natural home births

jonheslop — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:00:19 +0000

A passionate and emotive talk from Caroline Flint. A birth teaches a woman how powerful and amazing she is. So why are we treating births like a production line. Not as the most natural thing in the world.

Why we need to change how we learn

jonheslop — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:00:52 +0000

“I am nervous because it matters”. Inspiring talk from Alistair Smith about why we need to learn differently in a world that is changing from the one we lived in yesterday.

Giving patients control of their health records

jonheslop — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:00:28 +0000

The reason a patient knows best is because they are the only one who goes to all the consultations. So Mohammad has come up with a simple program so a patient can access their health records.

How we can get good food for everyone

jonheslop — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:00:21 +0000

We need to learn from nature not ignore it. It has all the answers. We think the answer to our food problems is to have bigger farms. But the opposite is true. Here’s why.

How to be a predictable success

jonheslop — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:00:05 +0000

Les has intuitively identified the 7 stages that every business will go through. Some stages you don’t want to be in. And some you want to stay in for ever and a day. Priceless knowledge.

Beyond Control. A complex world demands the ability to improvise

jonheslop — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:01:23 +0000

Do you have a mind like water? Water is flexible. When it meets an obstacle, it goes around it. Improv teaches us to be flexible. To think of everything as a gift, as an opportunity.

The joy of making something

jonheslop — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:11 +0000

Zach makes robots that make things. He is an early pioneer of 3D printers. A technology that will change how we make things. Zach talks about how we loves making things. He believes that we all love to make things.

Why we need to celebrate craftsman

jonheslop — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:26 +0000

In an age of fast, there’s slow. In an age of quantity there’s quality. On a bike ride around Britain Nick discovered his appreciation of the craftsman and women of Britain. And how we need to keep these skills alive.

Why we should value true eccentricity

jonheslop — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:00:15 +0000

To be off centre is the meaning of eccentricity. David and Alison believe that the most interesting things happen around the edges. They tell how doing things off centre shaped their lives and their businesses.

Be careful what you wish for in this tent

jonheslop — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:00:57 +0000

Tom found his love at the age of 11: he wanted to be a cartoonist. But that dream got put on hold. This is Tom’s story about how decades later he quit his job and started doing what he loved doing for a living.

How to enable conflict

jonheslop — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:00:31 +0000

No one likes conflict, and we do our best to avoid it. But what if we had the skills to enable us to face confrontation and turn it into a positive force. Neil does this by using the simple analogy of guitar riffs.

Why the best companies make you feel something

jonheslop — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:35 +0000

How to make famous advertising? Well, logic and facts aren’t as important as we think. Content is less important we think. Our feelings matter most. Emotions are king. John takes us through the 7 emotional states. And tells us which ones work best.

What camp has taught me about communities

jonheslop — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:28 +0000

Laura talks about the importance of stable communities for young people to fight a terrible thing called loneliness. And gives some great examples on how to build them and tips on how to get the best out of them.

How the World Wide Web just happened

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:24:33 +0000

Tim is a geek. He talks about the importance of being in the right place and the right time. He put together the pieces and made the World Wide Web.

Lets make sustainable housing for everyone

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:22:47 +0000

As a kid, he built cities out of Lego. Since then he has built LivingHomes with giant non lego pieces. His mission is summed up in one word: possible.

Why you should have a party everyday

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:20:45 +0000

How dyslexia can help your business rather than hurt it. Steve Edge, the designer, jockey, fisherman and honorary Eagle Dancer of a North American Indian tribe, will tell you how.

Why the words you say to yourself matter

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:18:22 +0000

How good could you be? Phil, believes you are a genius. And that you have amazing untapped skills. And he knows how to make you believe that too.

It’s all about the soil

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:16:36 +0000

Can we listen to the soil? Can we think about its needs as well as our own? Can we learn to feed the soil as well as us? 30 years of farming can teach us how.

Why copyright needs to change

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:13:34 +0000

How will her time with BBC, Guardian, Ofcom, FairFax, Creative Commons and iCommons help her to shape the future of copyright law?

How fractional AI can be used to make nicer things

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:11:55 +0000

Matt lives in London, in a flat with a wonky floor. He explains why wonky thinking is needed by companies and he explains how to get it in a wonky kind of way.

Can innovation flourish in a conservative industry?

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:10:06 +0000

Can our homes and offices be more intelligent? And if they become so, will they save energy? Markus believes they can do both. And his wireless technology can do it.

Understanding the super social ape

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:09:44 +0000

We are ‘a super-social ape’. We exist to converse, to chat, to gossip. Whole social movements can be explained by utilising this core theory.

How the human family can do better

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:08:25 +0000

Most people on a gap year are content with just seeing the world and not to try and change it. But on her return, Maggie decided to start a school in Nepal.

Can a community design a car?

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:07:54 +0000

Can David beat Goliath? Can a car be designed by a community? Can a crowd beat a corporation? Can the time it takes to make a car be halved? Jay thinks they can.

We are shaped by the things we can’t do

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:06:20 +0000

Why are we good at somethings and not others? Are we shaped by the things we can’t do? Do our inefficiencies make us stronger at the things we are already good at?

The journey from egosystem to ecosystem

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:04:24 +0000

In the past, companies worked on their own. But in the future the ego will have to be forgotten. The future for companies is to collaborate.

Why social network mess can benefit your business

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:03:01 +0000

Our world is changing fast. Euan is a master story teller that turns the complex world of social networking into something we can all understand.

Why taking risks is important

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:02:25 +0000

Ed Stafford spent two and a half years walking the entire length of the Amazon river in South America from source to sea. He is the first man ever to walk it.

If you can calculate risk you can make better judgments

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:07 +0000

How do we live with risk? How do we quantify it? How do we talk about it? Can we understand uncertainty better? David has made this his life’s work.

Water’s seven sorry clichés

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:58:57 +0000

Water is important. We have fought more wars over water than oil. How will we ensure we have enough of it in the future? How will we deal with our waste? Will it cost more than oil?

The mind is for having ideas not holding them

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:56:57 +0000

Unlike a computer, we can not add more RAM to our brains. So we have to free up RAM so we can think more. David Allen gives us a system to set us free.

The importance of finding your love

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:26:15 +0000

‘I love this land, how do I stay here.’ Her answer was to start a world famous cookery school & become Ireland’s best known cook.

Finish what you start

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:21:18 +0000

After 3 years on the dole, he said ‘enough was enough’ and left home and travelled across the US, trying out a job peculiar to each state every week.

What’s the future of the book in the iPad era?

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:54:05 +0000

What is the future of the book in the iPad era? We are at a unique meeting point for all things digital & analogue. Right now is a very exciting time to be involved with storytelling.

Dispelling the Stonehenge myth

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:53:19 +0000

Supposedly mystical bluestones found their way to Stonehenge, and the world likes to think that Neolithic tribesmen were responsible. Brian has another theory.

Has the iPod changed our relationship with music?

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:52:07 +0000

Imagine waking up tomorrow and all music had disappeared. Bill Drummond, as choir master of The17, led a performance of three scores and gave a talk (only the talk was recorded).

How to get young people to love the land

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:34:04 +0000

Alice represents a small group of young people who are choosing a career on the land. She will tell us how and why the work captured her & perhaps even challenge our notions of what it means to be a farmer.

Can buildings become more intelligent

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:32:28 +0000

Pioneer? Maverick? Or a bit of both. A multi-disciplinary thinker exploring convergence between art and architecture, space and time.

When will there be no more fish

jonheslop — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:30:38 +0000

A conservationist and social entrepreneur, Al has spent a decade researching and tackling marine environmental crises in developing countries.

Can you hear the future?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:58:32 +0000

Founder of the world famous KaosPilots school. It doesn’t want  to be the best school in the world. It’s aim is to be the best school for  the world.

My Dad taught me all this

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:56:38 +0000

Everything I learnt about why it’s good to fail, I learnt from my dad.

Move over Rupert Murdoch

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:54:32 +0000

Tom likes to think of the internet as the virtual shed at the bottom of his non-existent garden. From there he tries to delight and disrupt in equal measure.

The wisdom of birds

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:51:55 +0000

Tim believes we can learn a lot from birds. Fortunately for us he migrated west and shared his stories.

Time = wealth

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:49:54 +0000

His zeitgeist defining book is not just how to travel the world on a shoestring, but, more importantly, the mindset you need to take with you. It is now in its 10th reprint.

What’s stopping you from Doing?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:46:36 +0000

Climbing Everest is one thing. Bringing everyone’s rubbish back down with you is quite another.

Why local is the answer

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:34 +0000

Where does our food come from? Patrick believes an identity of a nation is related to its food. And that we need to reconnect to the story behind the food we eat.

Do we want to learn from nature?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:42:41 +0000

Can we work with nature? Use it as a blueprint? Treat it as a partner? There are huge gains to be made by learning from how the natural world works.

Why Wales leads the way in sustainability

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:41:07 +0000

Can a small country like Wales lead the way in terms of sustainability? Can an entire country go organic? Why not?

Would you drive a tractor to London?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:40:48 +0000

What would you do to protest about GM crops being planted in Britain? Just sit there? Or get on your tractor and drive to London in protest.

How technology can bare witness

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:39:21 +0000

We’ve witnessed three decades of illegal oil drilling and logging in the Peruvian Amazon and Gregor is working to defend and stop these incursions on the land of indigenous communities.

Why companies need you

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:37:40 +0000

Companies have mission statements but often no ideas. They have headquarters but often they are like creatures with no heads. You can solve their problems by thinking for them but not like them.

Why values are important

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:36:31 +0000

Gränsfors make one the finest forged axes in the world. It has become more than just an axe. It is an icon for quality and a belief that there is another way of making things.

Can you light a bonfire with soul?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:35:44 +0000

Can a corporation have a soul? Can it make decisions from the head and the heart? Will the start-ups of today be better than yesterday’s?

Why concrete and water don’t mix

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:33:03 +0000

Is it possible to change the construction industry? Is there a better way to make concrete? David has some answers (and some patents) to say that it is possible to make it a greener industry.

How to optimise yourself

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:30:19 +0000

We all need to learn what to count and how to choose what number to put on the wall. If you can’t measure something you can’t improve it.

Rethinking the washing machine

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:27:21 +0000

Are you happy with your wash? Andrew wasn’t. That’s why he is changing how washing  machines work.

How games can become teachers

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:25:15 +0000

Play is important. Kids learn more while playing. And if kids are playing more digital games these days, then those games need to become their teachers too.

Straight line thinking stops here

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:23:12 +0000

Alan Moore is a future guru. He connects the dots of a true networked society. And tells us what all those dots mean.

The importance of jumping in rivers

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:23:04 +0000

Imagine going on a bike ride that lasts for 4 years. Now he wants to try something really hard.

Why can’t a role model come in a bottle?

jonheslop — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:20:15 +0000

Why can’t a role model come in a bottle? This is what drives Method to make the lowest impact cleaning products you can buy.

Reconnecting people to the land

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:55:57 +0000

Through foraging Yun feels that he has discovered a surprisingly simple and accessible way to connect with the environment. Essential knowledge that we all used to depend on, once rekindled, can help us reconnect with our precious and fragile world.

You can invent too

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:52:36 +0000

Trevor discusses the difficulties he had in getting the Clockwork Radio taken seriously as a product and the obstacles he faced taking it to market. Trevor ties this in with the problems many inventors have in bringing their ideas to the attention of others and their attempts at commercial success. He uses history to illustrate the point, discussing individual inventors and the obstacles they encountered.

People want to be part of history

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:45:13 +0000

How to think big and test assumptions to accomplish the impossible, whether launching a #1 bestselling product, setting a world record, or changing the world.

The power of us

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:42:05 +0000

Drawing from her experience with high profile ‘Plane Stupid’ and her role as a radical lobbyist and non-violent direct activist, Tamsin considers what transforms illegal action into legitimate world-changing events.

How to fail more

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:33:46 +0000

Tinkering. Playing. Interesting. Slow. Lessons learned building the Instorematic.
In 2007 Russell & Matt volunteered to build a machine thing to go in howies shop window in Carnaby Street. It took longer than they thought, but building it taught them all sorts of interesting things about building, playfulness, slowness, making things with your friends and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The talk is about those things and other stuff that seems related. There are jokes and funny videos from the internet.

Every day action matters

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:25:58 +0000

Every day, everywhere, through spontaneous and planned actions, people are changing the world, together. These everyday actions come from the growing desire to do it ourselves.

Embracing the beautiful meaningless

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:20:39 +0000

Shameless subjectivity on how embracing the vacuity of surfing and other apparently pointless activities can inspire, create and define a boundlessly fulfilled existence.

Why less bad isn’t better

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:12:23 +0000

There is no such thing as “waste” only resources which we can redeploy forever. Then human consumption becomes good for the planet.

How to make the invisible visible

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:08:21 +0000

Work with nature

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:57:08 +0000

Ecodesign is the seamless and benign biointegration of everything that we make and do as human beings with the natural environment. This is of course easier said than done – accomplishing this is the biggest challenge confronting us as architects, designers and engineers to day.

Love versus greed

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:41:44 +0000

John has been involved in a number of social ventures over the last 20 years. He explains how they are always a mixture of love (social purpose) and greed (capital, investment, equity and personal ambition), putting it this way allows John to make it clear that there is an inbuilt conflict at the heart of every such venture. John’s overall point it is that it is important to have a really deep, honest and early conversation about these things and not assume that everyone wants, expects or needs the same things.

Stubbornness is underrated

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:39:51 +0000

Guy recounts a brief history of the business and then explains why Riverford does what it does and the way it does it. He talks about the vegetable box scheme that started in 1993 as a means of escaping the grasp of the supermarkets and how it has grown to deliver to 25,000 households nationwide.

Push the bees where the bees want to go

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:37:41 +0000

Gerald’s talk titled: ‘Bees, Man and the threat of extinction; what we can do’ is a fascinating talk about what Bees do and how important they are to the environment we live in. He talks about the very real threat the Bees are facing and how we can help.

The beauty of clouds

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:35:29 +0000

Gavin introduces us to the world of cloudspotting. He explains how to identify some of the basic cloud types, as well as encourage you to lie back, let your imagination drift, and notice that one over there looks like a goldfish.

Start with nothing

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:33:40 +0000

Dafydd talks about Sustainable Trail Development and its impact. He guides us through the development of mountain bike trails in Wales. How, why and where they were developed and the lessons he has learned along the way.

Noah’s Ark for seeds

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:31:36 +0000

Cary tells the story of Global Crop Diversity and the seed vault.

photo credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust

Climb your own mountain

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:28:24 +0000

Andy mixes stories about his life and climbs, one minute terrifying, the next hilarious. Whether he’s telling a story about a 12 day solo of the hardest climb on the planet, a month long crossing of Greenland with his paraplegic girlfriend or saving Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, rest assured you won’t have heard anything quite like it.

Protesting through humour

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:26:38 +0000

Andy talks through the evolution of SAS. From a group of surfers from St Agnes in Cornwall wanting to end raw sewage going out into the sea to “some of the Government’s most sophisticated environmental critics” (BBS News and Current Affairs) and “Britain’s coolest environmental pressure group” (The Independent). He talks through some of their most successful campaigns and shows us how humour and entertainment can engage an audience and bring about change.

Why bread needs time

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:22:45 +0000

Andrew thinks that changes in the way bread is produced have compromised its integrity. He tells us why – and what we might do to make it better. He reveals what goes into a factory loaf (and what doesn’t) and how fast-made bread may be enough to turn your stomach. Andrew calls for the Real Bread Campaign to expose the adulteration of our staple food and to encourage people to take matters into their own hands by making their own bread.

Do more of less

jonheslop — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:22:31 +0000

Contraction & Convergence is a response to the objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is a rational, science-based global framework to share the removal of CO2 emissions globally at a rate where we solve the problem of climate change faster than we are creating it.

The importance of hope

jonheslop — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:25:30 +0000

Alastair references his book, “Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition” considering that politics alone is not enough to tackle the scale and depth of the problem that faces us. We have become addicted to false aspirations and become weakened in our authenticity. Such hubris leads to violence not just against one another, but to the Earth. We must therefore fight climate change in all the outer ways, for sure, but also, we must seek to rekindle the inner life. As such, there may not be many grounds for optimism about what our mainstream society is likely to do about climate change, but there is considerable scope for hope – hope in the gradual restoration of both ourselves and the human condition in general.