Chicago Ideas: Conversations That Shape Change

"I never started in life to have my name on a lawsuit...nor did I plan to have my name on a law that would be become so well-known around the world," Lily Ledbetter says in this Talk about her struggle for equal pay for all women. As an overnight supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Ledbetter discovered she was getting paid less than her male co-workers with the same job. Even though it took nine years, lasting through her husband's fatal illness, Ledbetter took her case all the way to the Supreme Court. Hear how she went from suing for pay discrimination to being the face of the landmark Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Uploaded 10-04-18

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How will the news industry change over the next decade as we become an increasingly social media driven, paperless, and global society? In collaboration with TIME, CIW investigates citizen journalism, digital media and the future of news as we know it.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Every 3 hours someone is shot in Chicago. It’s time to Put The Guns Down.

Uploaded 12-10-15

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Is manufacturing dead or dying? Hear Bison Gear and Engineering Corporation, Ron Bullock channel decades of growth and experience into meaningful conclusions about increasing job opportunities and the future of manufacturing in America.

Uploaded 07-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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30 Project Founder Ellen Gustafson believes we can take back control of our food system and health, and proves her point by connecting global hunger, obesity, and security issues to the food we put on our own tables.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur who's behind several successful ventures, but he wanted to learn how to push himself to his absolute limits. He decided to invite a Navy SEAL into his home to live and train with him for a month.

Uploaded 27-04-17

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What makes you nervous? Have you ever seen a sunset? Where do the stars go? Ponder seven riddles as technologist and Discovery Channel host Jeff Lieberman sheds light on the meaning of life. You'll never take a shower or sit in traffic the same way again.

Uploaded 16-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Brad Goreski has dressed the biggest celebrities, landing them on the best-dressed lists while maintaining their individuality. Hear Brad's insider perspective on the nature of trends, designers who challenge us and how to dress fierce and fabulous.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Francoise Baylis, a renowned geneticist, ponders the ethics behind the manipulation of the human genome and whether, as a human race, more safeguards need to be put in place to preserve it.

Uploaded 15-05-20

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Photographer Brian Bowen Smith has seen it all - he's shot Hilary Swank on a white shag carpet, Gabrielle Union on a fly-covered beach - and heard it all, too. In this hilarious talk, he shares how to silencing the critics by trusting your gut, leaving your ego at the door, and more.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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