Give You A Break!

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER

Title: TED TV

Competency: self development

Who benefits: people in a learning mode

Consultant Usage: possible reference for clients

What’s it about?  Whatcha doing right now?  Got a break coming up?  Going out for a smoke?  To the fridge for some calories?  How about a change of pace?  How about a self-development break?  How about investing 15 minutes in brain stimulation?

I just came across a series of short TED TV educational videos (YouTube for thinking people) that are most interesting and well presented.  I watched them as much for the humor as the content.  I feel better educated for the 15 minute investments. 

My own personal favorite, although I don’t know what to do with what I learned, was Rebecca Saxe.  She absolutely and totally shatters my image of an MIT scientist.  And if you do watch it, stay for the few questions at the end.  How on earth does someone think that fast on her feet?  If I were still teaching oral presentations I would use her as the example of how to handle difficult questions. 

Anyway, give yourself a break—or if you will pardon this horrible pun: Mind, your own business:

Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other’s minds—“Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent for humans. But how do we do it? Here, Rebecca Saxe shares fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples’ thoughts — and judges their actions.”

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation – “Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.”

Daniel Goleman on compassion – “Author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.”

If you do watch and enjoy any of these, let me know in the comment section and I will try to find a few more. 

Catch you later.

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Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.