I have been passionately promoting TED almost since it started. It is a fantastic initiation that completely re-shaped public speaking and informative presentations by creating a very entertaining and unique formula for sharing information. In today's accelerated world it offers us full engagement in any contemporary subject in maximum 20 minutes. Speakers are carefully selected and well-prepared to meet the high standards, therefore it is a real privilege to give a TED-talk. There are thousands of great speeches in basically any topic that you could imagine, so it is not easy to choose the best ones. Still, in this series I would like to share with you a few personal favourites.
I often face difficulties when a corporate organizational development intervention requires major changes in the current system or behavioural patterns (which is often the case), so I love learning about methods that help to manage this change process. There is a TEDx talk I am facinated about that deals with this issue: Al Switzler talks about how do you break down mental barriers and beat the willpower trap. He is the cofounder of VitalSmarts and researches methods for driving sustainable, measurable behaviour change. He is also the coauthor of four NYT bestsellers, including Change Anything.
Do you have a favourite TED-talk? I would be interested to know. We can learn from each other... 😊 Stay tuned, soon I come back with another suggestion for you.
Previous parts of this series:
Simon Sinek on leadership
Ursus Wehrli on tidying up arts
Dan Ariely on the irrationality of our "rational" decisions
Julian Treasure on listening
Tim Urban on procrastination
Nicolas Christakis on social networks
Amy Cuddy on the power of body language
Dan Pink on motivation
Kelly McGonigal on stress management
Shawn Anchor on happiness at work
Ron Gutman on smiling
Michael Shermer on myths, superstitions and urban legends
Hans Rosling on interesting statistics
Apollo Robbins on the art of misdirection
Jill Bolte Taylor on an insider view of stroke
Kai-Fu Lee on artificial intelligence
Itay Talgam on lessons leaders can learn from conductors
Emily Levine on the theory of everything
Brian Little on who we are really
Al Gore on climate change
David Christian on the history of humanity in 18 minutes
Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice
Andrew Solomon on how our worst moments grow us stronger
Phillip Zimbardo on time perspectives
Bill Gates on mosquitos, malaria and education
Mark Rober on the Super Mario Effect
Celeste Headlee on good conversations
Michael Patrick Lynch on seeing past our own perspective
Amanda Palmer on the art of asking
Jacob Wilde on the lessons we can learn from weaver ants
Alison Ledgerwood on positive thinking
Karen Thompson Walker on the power of fear
Thomas Suarez on how a 12-year-old can develop Apps
Pamela Meyer on deception
Lizzie Velazquez on self-definition
Kyle Eschen on the predictable blind spots of our brain
Dolly Chugh on the puzzling psychology of ethical behaviour
Chuck Nice on the unintended consequences of technological advancement and human interaction
Adam Galinsky on self-assertion
Elizabeth Loftus on false memories
Liv Boeree on strategies we can learn from playing poker
Yu-kai Chou on gamification
Gabe Zichermann on engaging millenials using gamification
Mary Donohue on the differences between generations
Simone Schnall on overcoming challenges
Mark Bowden on body language