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Can you say, “I don’t know”? Say it out loud. I say it all the time. For me, “I don’t know” means “I have to find out.” If I don’t know something, I will set out to learn it. But for my kids, saying, “I don’t know” can be scary. Does it communicate failure if you don’t know? It is easier to play along like you do know. Until a certain point. This question – Can you say, "I don’t know?" – is one of the key points in the educational talk I give on failure. A new talk for 2021 k

For my birthday, I hosted a surprise party. I chose the date. I chose the hour. I asked my friends and family to surprise me. It was the best birthday surprise ever. Who hosts their own surprise party, you may ask. Well, it depends how you define 'surprise.' Creativity flowed. Laughs were plentiful. And it took place during a Covid-19 lockdown. The regulations, in Israel at the time, were to stay within one kilometer of your home. But I had party guests from Canada, the US, G

The cry by those who have participated in badly run Zoom talks is, ‘not another Zoom talk.’ But Zoom does not have to imply gloom.

When Covid-19 took over the world, this borderless viral disease wiped out my speaking schedule. Groups of tourists, who were meant to come to Israel, weren’t coming anymore. For the foreseeable future, I wasn’t going to meet communities in the UK or North America. So, I turned to Zoom. Actually, it makes sense for my talks to be given using an online platform. I do, after all, tell innovation stories. And many of these stories show the impact innovation has on our lives. Wit

Covid-19 has been a catalyst to amazing innovation everywhere. After all, necessity and challenges are often the main ingredients of invention. There are amazing, jaw-dropping stories of entrepreneurs and idea-makers who are tweaking algorithms to quickly solve new problems arising during Covid-19. This ability to pivot is one of the Israeli innovation sector’s specialties. As a journalist, I get to interview the entrepreneurs making the world a better place and the investors