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Zappos Talk on The Visual Organization

I recently spoke to about 100 employees about my new book.

Aug 21, 2014 1-min read

I recently gave a talk at Zappos headquarters in Las Vegas about the new book, Twitter, and data visualization. In the first few minutes, I talk about getting hit with a water balloon before I went on. (True story.) Tip your waitress. Try the veal. Is this thing on?

You can watch it below.

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