Collapsing the barriers of distance & time | Nick Earle | TEDxGlasgow

Today, it takes five hours to travel between Glasgow and London on the train. What if those 300 minutes were collapsed to just 50?

With speeds that are two to three times faster than high-speed rail and on-demand experience with no stopping, hyperloop can make this dream a reality.

The speed and experience of hyperloop could radically alter daily commutes, supply chains, airport and city design, and could ultimately boost the economy. In his TEDxGlasgow talk, Nick Earle will take us on a journey of hyperloop’s potential impact in the next ten years and beyond. Nick spent 30-years in the high-tech industry and led two cross-company transformation programs for $50 billion-dollar IT giants prior to applying his change management skills to the transportation industry. He has also co-authored two books; Mesh Collaboration: Creating New Business Value in the Network of Everything (2008) and From Dot.com to Dot.profit (2000).

Today, Nick leads Virgin Hyperloop One’s Global Field Operations organisation. Virgin Hyperloop One is leading the world in designing and building the first new mode of mass transportation since the aeroplane.

Prior to this, Nick was responsible for the Cisco Systems’ global cloud go-to-market strategy and Cisco Services worldwide field organisation and grew the business to over $10 billion in revenue. He was tasked by the CEO to lead the company’s efforts to transition from hardware-centric company to a cloud, software, and services-led company. He has also held senior executive roles at Hewlett Packard, where he ran the Worldwide Enterprise Marketing function and was appointed by the CEO to define and roll out the HP Internet strategy to transform HP for the dot-com era. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx