Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? In business, it doesn't matter what you do, it matters why you do it. Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - they all started with why. Simon Sinek explains the framework needed for businesses to move past knowing what they do to how they do it, and then to ask the more important question - Why? Why do we do what we do? Why do we exist? Learning to ask these questions can unlock the secret to inspirational business. Sinek explains what it truly takes to lead and inspire and how anyone can learn how to do it.
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We often find ourselves stuck in narrow social circles with similar people. What habits confine us, and how can we break them? Organizational psychologist Tanya Menon considers how we can be more intentional about expanding our social universes -- and how it can lead to new ideas and opportunities. ...
Scott Ely incorporates aspects of his project, “Evolve Faster,” in his talk which is geared to make you think differently about how your brain functions and how it is possible to maximize the brain’s functionality. Since graduating, Scott has been in nonstop evolution as an entrepreneur, author, explorer, musician and mind-hacker. His journey to over 50 countries, founding of multiple businesses, and conducting of over 100 challenging life experiments now culminates in the creation of systems to help people rapidly reboot, rewire and rethink the way they live and work. His TEDx talk is themed around his book Evolve Faster, a manifesto to hit the philosophical reset button and free our minds in preparation for what he calls society’s Next Evolution. Scott lives in Chicago’s Bucktown neighbourhood where he can likely be found reading, writing, performing with his band, hacking startup ventures, and constantly upgrading through life experiments and travel. ...
