TED Talk solutions

Most executives are looking for TED Talk solutions.

Change your morning routine, change your business.

How to make stress your friend.

Lessons from the longest study of happiness.

Better living through 10 mindful minutes.

All good.

All worthy.

All interesting.

All useless in communicating and leading in a multi-polar, hyper-geopolitical business environment.

TED Talks provide silver bullet micro solutions.

TED Talks are cupcakes.

Cupcakes are yummy but not satiating.

There is merit in the butterfly effect, but there is more long-term success in embracing ecosystem solutions.

Better to open a can of words with macro solutions.

Better to understand history, culture, education, geography, and economics.

For success in a multi-polar, hyper-geopolitical business environment, it's better to take a course over 18 hours than a talk in 18 minutes.

Global executives, thought leaders, and influential entrepreneurs need more book smarts, situation awareness, and the TWIN Framework to succeed in today's hyper-geopolitical world.

Caracal is here to help.

Caracal believes successful communications requires intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education.

Caracal is here to help you succeed in today's interconnected business environment.

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc

Sound More Interesting at Cocktails Memo | October 27, 2023

25 talking points for better conversation at cocktails from news of the past week.

1. GM + Honda scrap plans to co-develop 'affordable' sub-$30,000 EVs.

2. Qualcomm unveils new PC chip in challenge to Apple + Intel

3. Microsoft to invest $3.2 billion to boost AI and tech in Australia.

4. In 2022, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon spent a combined $198.9 billion on research and developmen.

5. Today: First anniversary of Elon Musk completing the acquisition of the social media platform Twitter, renamed X in July this year.

6. Foxconn + Nvidia team up for AI' factories.'

7. Stockholm is banning gas and diesel cars in one central district next year.

8. Amazon now has 10,000 Rivian electric delivery vans in service.

9. Suzuki will make EVs in India and will export vehicles to Japan in 2025.

10. Nio is considering using dealers to build sales in Europe.

11. OpenAI is working on a new AI-generated image tool.

12. Amazon Prime delivery drones to take flight in the UK next year.

13. The first part of The Crown's final season will be released on November 16.

14. Michael Mann says 'Heat 2' will be his next film.

15. Is it Sphere or The Sphere?

16. Nearly 1 in 4 adults feel lonely, according to a new Meta-Gallup survey.

17. An NEA study shows few people attend movies, theaters, and museums.

18. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell receives an extension through 2027.

19. Today: The Major League Baseball World Series begins.

20. Saturday: South Africa takes on New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final in Paris.

21. Within a few days of Lionel Messi's move to Miami announcement, Adidas received almost 500,000 requests from stores and suppliers for the Inter Miami jersey.

22. The NHL will launch its version of "NFL RedZone" called "Frozen Frenzy."

23. Global business for the NBA accounts for about 10% of total team and league revenue.

24. This NBA season, a record number of 125 international players are on opening-night rosters.

25. Teahupoo is one of the world's most famous surfing areas and the designated Paris Olympics site for the surfing competition.

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc

ITK Quick 15 | October 26

Here are today's actionable insights for better communications:

1. AUKUS will require reforms to the US export control system. Congress will also need to authorize the sale of at least three Virginia-class submarines to Australia.

2. Chinese authorities announced one of the most significant changes to the national budget in years, issuing 1 trillion yuan ($137 billion) in government bonds.

3. Three US cabinet secretaries — State, Treasury, and Commerce — have been to China since mid-June.

4. During a visit to Beijing, California Governor Gavin Newsom met with Xi Jinping.

5. A record 13 million Chinese students signed up to take the gaokao college entrance exam as a gateway to China's most elite universities.

6. The Chinese Communist Party has 100 million members.

7. Mike Johnson = Speaker.

8. GM + Honda scrap plans to co-develop 'affordable' sub-$30,000 EVs.

9. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, American credit card users paid $130 billion in fees + interest in 2022.

10. The NBA has partnered with Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh to celebrate the cultural significance of basketball in India.

11. Global business for the NBA accounts for about 10% of total team and league revenue.

12. This NBA season, a record number of 125 international players are on opening-night rosters.

13. The NBA expects fans from 214 countries to tune into games this year.

14. Teahupoo is one of the world's most famous surfing areas and the designated Paris Olympics site for the surfing competition.

15. Tour de France 2024: The new route is 3,492 km of road and includes two Alpine crossings, a time trial finish from Monaco, and the highest starting altitude of any TdF.

Need more?

Caracal is here to help navigate today's interconnected business environment with intelligence, strategy, engagement, and education.

Caracal works with senior executives responsible for geopolitics, corporate affairs, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, and communications.

#AlwaysBeCommunicating

-Marc