Nathan Zeldes has been lecturing
and teaching in corporate, conference and private settings for over 20 years. His unique perspective
on technology and behavior, coupled with a sense of humor and excellent audience rapport, have gained
him recognition as a leading lecturer inside Intel and a sought after speaker
in conferences and events in Israel and abroad.
[One
hour, suited to audiences of Managers, in organizations
or conferences]
The
penetration of Social Networks into the workplace
represents a huge potential for improving the
effectiveness of knowledge workers as individuals and in
groups; but like every new technology it also carries
risks. Harnessing the potential
while keeping the risks in control is a challenge that
many companies failed to meet in past technological
revolutions; indeed, even the arrival of the World Wide
Web itself in the nineties was met with rejection and
denial by many companies. There is no doubt that in a
few years employees' use of their private
Facebook or Twitter accounts during work hours
will be a given; many managers view this coming reality
with serious misgivings.
In this
fascinating lecture Nathan Zeldes,
the visionary who personally drove Internet adoption at Intel,
examines the concerns many managers have vis a vis the
new social tools, outlines the real risks and the
irrational fears, and puts them all in perspective in
light of the potential benefits. Using the experience of
the past and a clear vision of the future, he outlines
the enterprise's path to accepting the new media
while containing the risks and empowering the Gen Y
employees who are poised to use social networking to
benefit their employers and themselves alike.
[1:30 hours, suited to general audiences]
Social Networks are all the rage these days
with the younger generation, but most of the rest of us have yet to grasp the incredible
opportunities they represent for personal benefit, enrichment and plain fun.
In this lecture Nathan Zeldes,
a champion of Internet adoption for two decades, explains the phenomenon of Online Social
Networks, introduces the most important ones, and shows his audience how they might each
personally engage in this exuberant medium and apply it to their hobbies, leisure, personal
development, and interaction with their family and friends around the planet. If you thought
Twitter is for the birds, Facebook is for children, and blogging is something you'd never enjoy
doing, this is your opportunity to at least know what you're missing - and possibly join the
most revolutionary change in human culture since the arrival of the printing press.
[45 minutes, suited
to audiences of Managers and knowledge workers]
In the modern business
world Innovation is a critical ingredient, and yet we
don’t always know how to foster it – often to our cost.
This lecture uses examples from the fascinating history
of computer hardware in the past 2000 years to
illustrate, from an original angle, central lessons for
enabling Innovation in ourselves and in our
organization.
An avid researcher and
collector of historical computing technology, Nathan
Zeldes will examine selected chapters from the
lives of luminaries such as Pascal, Babbage, Turing, Von
Neumann and others; and will try to show why some of
them succeeded while others failed to realize the vision
that led them to implement groundbreaking computing
innovations. In so doing, he will give the audience key
insights of significance to driving successful
innovation at both the individual and organizational
scope.
[1:15
or 1:00 hours, suited to both technical and general audiences]
Combining his expertise in information technology and his passion for the history of computing,
Nathan takes his audience on a kaleidoscopic journey from ancient Babylon to the present day, examining
groundbreaking ideas, technologies, and the men and women who made them a reality.
What adds to this lecture's fascination is that it exposes the "dark side" that the official
histories often hide: the hardships, the intrigue, the politics, the quarrels - and, triumphing
nevertheless, the innovators' unrelenting drive to give the world machines that can relieve humans
of the drudgery of computation.
[1 hour, audiences of Managers and
knowledge workers, in organizations or conferences]
Nathan Zeldes was possibly the first person to identify runaway information overload as a threat
to productivity and quality of life. Since 1995 he’s developed multiple solutions, exchanged insight
with scores of organizations worldwide, and passionately led the battle to restore balance to the
workplace. He is the founder and president of the worldwide Information Overload Research Group.
In this lecture he summarizes the research about information overload, and shows the ROI for
solving it. He then describes some of the solutions developed at the few companies that have positioned
themselves as leaders in this field.
IO is costing knowledge workers about one workday per week, as well as keeping them in a state
of constant stress. Many companies are in denial as to their ability to solve this issue. This lecture
aims to trigger a change in this by convincing managers that solutions are both possible and necessary.
Should it succeed, this could become the best spent hour of your career.
[1 hour, audiences of Managers, HR
professionals and Engineers in hi-tech organizations]
Every organization has a
career ladder for managers; few also have one for those
professionals who don’t have the desire (or the
aptitude) to manage people. The outcome is that
engineers feel compelled to switch to managerial roles
in order to advance; the organization thus loses
excellent engineers and converts them into frustrated
mediocre managers. The lack of a focus on developing
technical leaders can undermine the self-image of many
engineers, damage the professional excellence of the
entire engineering group, and ultimately impact a
technological company’s competitive advantage.
The lecture will present
the issues, needs and solutions related to nurturing a
professional career path in a hi-tech environment,
drawing on the speaker’s rich experience as a senior
engineer who had successfully led the implementation of
this concept in a group of thousands of employees at
Intel corporation. In parallel, it will outline the
significance of the Engineering profession and clarify
how engineers can assume personal responsibility for
improving their abilities to the benefit of themselves
and their organization.
[1:15 hours, suited to both technical and general audiences]
Having played a personal part in Intel’s expansion from a small struggling company to a world
leader in a dominant technology, Nathan is well positioned to share his personal perspective on
what makes the VLSI industry such a strange and unique phenomenon, forever rushing forward under
the edict of Moore’s Law and the impact of fierce competition.
In this lecture he provides an introduction to the underlying principles of the incredible technology
that fits billions of components on a tiny sliver of Silicon, in a manner accessible to any educated
layperson; and then outlines the forces that shape the industry’s breakneck evolution, covering
technology, marketing and business causes. A wealth of case studies and personal views gives this
seemingly cold subject an unexpected richness.
