On October 27, 2016, some of Toronto’s greatest thinkers and changemakers joined together onstage at TEDxToronto to deliver powerful talks and performances that embodied our theme, Symbols + Signals.

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Salim Ismail is the bestselling author of Exponential Organizations and Founder of ExO Works. He is a soughtafter technology strategist and a renowned entrepreneur with ties to Yahoo! and Google. Salim consults with governments and the world’s top Fortune 500 companies on innovation and growth, and his work has been featured in premier media outlets like the New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, WIRED, Vogue, and the BBC.

Singularity University, where he serves as Global Ambassador and Founding Executive Director, is based at NASA Ames, and aims to “educate, inspire and empower a new generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges."

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx