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Build a High Performing Team: From Olympic Gold to Organizational Gold

What can Olympic sailing teach us about elite leadership in business? At SXSW London, Sir Ben Ainslie shared how he evolved from a solo champion to a team-first leader combining foresight, empathy, and purpose. From building resilient teams to creating youth pathways and legacy systems, this session is a masterclass in high-performance leadership with lasting impact.

Mairi-Claire Tay

Jun 16, 2025

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Crafting Magic: How Slack, Dropbox, and Anthropic Build Brand Moments Inside the Product

How do Slack, Dropbox, and Anthropic design those subtle, delightful moments that make a product feel human? At SXSW London, their design leads revealed how brand and product come together to create magic not just visuals, but personality, presence, and trust. From conversational tone in AI to motion systems at scale, this is your blueprint for modern product storytelling.

Mairi-Claire Tay

Jun 13, 2025

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The Culture Shift Women Need and Everyone Deserves

What if work didn’t just adapt to women but was built with them in mind from the start? At SXSW London, three trailblazing women leaders shared what happens when business cultures rewire themselves around equity, not just inclusion. The result? Retention, performance and a new model of leadership.

Mairi-Claire Tay

Jun 12, 2025

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Demis Hassabis on the Frontier of Intelligence: What AGI Could Unlock and What Could Go Wrong

At SXSW London, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis explored how close we are to AGI, what it means for science, work, and society and why the next 5–10 years could be the most consequential window in technological history.

George Looker

Jun 11, 2025

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Too Nice to Lead? Rethinking Strength in the Creative C-Suite

Emma Baines, Global Head of Creative at Tony’s Chocolonely, took to the SXSW London stage to reframe a word we’ve been taught to devalue: nice. In a sharp and personal talk, she made the case that being “too nice” isn’t a weakness, it’s the foundation of the leadership we need next.

Mairi-Claire Tay

Jun 10, 2025

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Where the Big Money’s Going: How Top VCs Are Reading the Next Decade

From AI infrastructure to sovereign cloud, top VCs at SXSW London revealed where the real capital is flowing and what separates durable ventures from hype-fueled plays. Here’s what Lightspeed, CapitalG, Northzone, Balderton, and Giant Ventures had to say about the new rules of ambition, resilience, and geo-strategy.

George Looker

Jun 9, 2025

Daily Wrap ups

SXSW London, In Retrospect

Here’s what mattered and what industry leaders will carry forward.

Zihan Lyu

Jun 8, 2025

Daily Wrap ups

AI with a purpose, not a gimmick

Day 5 in a flash.

Zihan Lyu

Jun 7, 2025

Session Takeaways

Revolut’s Relentless Climb: How a Fintech Built a Category of One

Forget switching banks. Revolut never asked users to. In this powerful SXSW session, Revolut CMO Antoine Le Nel shares how the fintech built a $4B revenue machine by letting product lead and why global scale doesn’t mean copying competitors, but copying yourself.

Mairi-Claire Tay

Jun 6, 2025

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