Relax, smile and be ready to fail

Three days. Multiple hours. All set for the big day. Three alarms. Fail. Thank you Frederic della Faille for reminding me about the epic sentence: It’s ok to fail. Sunday 30 November, 8.00 pm We were ready. Briefings with all the volunteers. Team building activities. Set-up and rehearsals. During three days we had repeated out…

Mina Legnered interviewed for Horizon 2020

Not so long ago at the previous TEDxBrussels event (November 21, 2011) I was interviewed by the European Commission for Horizon 2020 – the Framework programme for Research and Innovation. They asked me for my views on Europe and our future. Here’s a short clip when I’m answering to the question: What are your main…

Warming up for TEDxBrussels 2011

Oboy oboy, I’m here at TEDxBrussels for A day in the deep future! How I’ve been waiting for this day to arrive. My first TEDx event was in Brussels last year. The theme was then Who will save the world? Many different perspectives and lots of inspiration. One year later I’m backstage with the official…

Warming up for TEDxBrussels 2010

(Guest post by Michel Legnered) I’ve almost endlessly been walking around the inner core of Brussels from the point I got off the flight this morning, trying to find (a) a restaurant serving vegetarian dishes and (b) a café with free wifi acceess. Tired of walking I found myself buying a daypass to the metro,…