Tag: TED Talk
Cultural difference in business | Valerie Hoeks | TEDxHaarlem
Translator: Cecile Brevet Reviewer: Christine Frey (Chime) It all started in the year 2000 I was 17 years old and I walked with my backpack through unpaved alleys in the outskirts of Beijing. I saw men cycling. with entire closets and fridges on the back I saw little kids running around half naked playing football, […]
Continue Reading...You are not your body: Janine Shepherd at TEDxKC
Translator: Amira Moreno Reviewer: Diba Szamosi Life is about opportunities, creating them, and embracing them and for me that was the Olympic dream, that’s what defined me, that was my bliss. As a cross-country skier and a member of the Australian ski team headed toward the Winter Olympics, I was on a training bike ride […]
Continue Reading...How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure
The human voice: It’s the instrument we all play. It’s the most powerful sound in the world, probably. It’s the only one that can start a war or say “I love you.” And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don’t listen to them. And why is that? How can we […]
Continue Reading...The unheard story of David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell
So I wanted to tell a story that really obsessed me when I was writing my new book, and it’s a story of something that happened 3,000 years ago, when the Kingdom of Israel was in its infancy. And it takes place in an area called the Shephelah in what is now Israel. And the […]
Continue Reading...Building a psychologically safe workplace | Amy Edmondson | TEDxHGSE
Translator: Gabriela Imhoff Reviewer: Peter van de Ven A nurse on the night shift in a busy urban hospital notices that the dosage for a particular patient seems a bit high. Fleetingly, she considers calling the doctor at home, to check the order. Just as fleetingly, she recalls his disparaging comments about her abilities, last […]
Continue Reading...#BringBackOurGirls | Erica Greve | TEDxUniversityofNevada
Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Ellen Maloney On April 14th of 2014, more than 270 schoolgirls were kidnapped as they were studying for their final exams in northern Nigeria. Most of those girls have yet to be rescued. A few of them actually managed to escape. A few weeks after the kidnapping, the anti-human trafficking organization […]
Continue Reading...Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person
Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast Life is about opportunities — creating them and embracing them. And for me, that was the Olympic dream. That’s what defined me. That was my bliss. As a cross-country skier and member of the Australian ski team headed towards the Winter Olympics, I was on a training bike ride […]
Continue Reading...Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea: Charles Eugster at TEDxZurich
Translator: Robert Tucker Reviewer: Ariana Bleau Lugo Let me start first with a brief story. Before attending a dinner at my rowing club, I went into the bar. Seeing an attractive young lady… (Laughter) I thought that I would chat her up. Suddenly, there was an influx of people, and we were pressed together. My […]
Continue Reading...How to stop screwing yourself over | Mel Robbins | TEDxSF
Translator: Judith Matz Reviewer: Tatjana Jevdjic Bigger welcome! Hello, San Francisco! TEDx – oh my God, blinding light! Hi, everybody! How are you? (Audience cheering) Fine?! Oh my gosh! Okay, so… My name is Mel Robbins, and for the last seventeen years, I have done nothing but help people get everything that they want. Within […]
Continue Reading...Why people believe they can’t draw – and how to prove they can | Graham Shaw | TEDxHull
Translator: Tijana Mihajlović Reviewer: Mile Živković Hi. I’ve got a question for you: how many people here would say they can draw? (Laughter) I think we’ve got about one or two percent of the hands going up, and it’s interesting, isn’t it? It’s a little bit like people think of spelling or singing. They think,”You […]
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