TED Talks List
TED Talks List
There are a number of ways to engage with TED. Take note if there is a TEDx event in your area through some Facebook or Google searching. While the speakers may not be international standard, you’ll find your horizons shifted and expanded through exposure to some excellent South African ideas worth sharing. (Many of your Icon’s guests were TEDx speakers at a local event)
There are thousands of talks on the TED.com website and our invitation is for you to get lost in them – find a playlist, download three or four for a ‘brain date’ one Tuesday, find a way to connect with ideas you are completely against…. TED.com is a great resource for new ideas, new concepts and different ways of living that may change your life.
If you find a talk you think the rest of your team should watch, please feel free to let us know and we’ll pop it onto the list.
The talks below are our personal favourites – some are funny, some are life changing, some just spark an idea for work and how to live life in a more congruent and interesting manner. (They are not all work related as we have many interests between us)
We hope that you enjoy them.
Simon Sinek – How great leaders inspire Action
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action
Shawn Anchor – The Happy Secret to Better Work
http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work
Brene Brown – The Power of Vulnerability
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
Brene Brown – Listening to Shame
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
Adam Smith – The Surprising habits of Original thinkers
http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers
Barry Schwarz – The way we think about work is broken
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_way_we_think_about_work_is_broken
Drew Dudley – Everyday Leadership
http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership
Ricardo Semler – How to run a company with almost no rules
http://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life
David Grady – How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_grady_how_to_save_the_world_or_at_least_yourself_from_bad_meetings
Susan Cain – The Power of Introverts
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts
Kerry McGonigal – How to make stress your friend
http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend
Eddie Obeng – Smart Failure for a fast-changing world
http://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fast_changing_world
Linda Hill – How to manage for collective creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/linda_hill_how_to_manage_for_collective_creativity
Margot Hefferman – Why it is important to forget the pecking order at work
Reshma Saujani – Teach girls bravery not perfection
http://www.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection
Eric Haseltine – What will be the next big scientific breakthrough
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_haseltine_what_will_be_the_next_big_scientific_breakthrough
Michael Shermer – Why people believe weird things
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things
Achenyo Idachaba – How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business
http://www.ted.com/talks/achenyo_idachaba_how_i_turned_a_deadly_plant_into_a_thriving_business
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – The danger of a single story
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story
James Veitch – This is what happens when you reply to spam mail
http://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email
Tom Wujec – Got a wicked problem? First tell me how you make toast
http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_got_a_wicked_problem_first_tell_me_how_you_make_toast
Matt Cutts – Try something new for 30 days
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days
Andi Puddicombe – All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes
Ken Robinson – Do Schools kils creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
Julian Treasure – 5 ways to listen better
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better
Julian Treasure – how to speak so that people want to listen
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen