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29 ENTRIESJournalist and author Dan Coyle joins Adam Grant to explore why some communities seem able to coordinate, adapt and create a sense of belonging. The January 2026 conversation considers how connection becomes useful collective…
In a May 2021 TED Interview, Chris Anderson speaks with Simon Sinek as workplaces begin rethinking routines after the early pandemic years. The title is deliberately historical: the discussion captures expectations and leadership…
Michelle Obama’s 2016 Democratic National Convention speech is a study in how political speakers move between the intimate and the institutional. She talks about raising her daughters in the White House and uses that experience.
Winston Churchill’s June 1940 House of Commons address is often remembered only for its promise to resist invasion. The larger speech explains the military crisis surrounding Dunkirk and warns that evacuating troops was not a.
Sheryl Sandberg’s 2011 Barnard commencement address encouraged women graduates to pursue leadership while acknowledging the barriers they would encounter. Its central tension is between institutional inequality and the internal.
Seth Godin’s The Tribes We Lead describes how people can organize around a shared idea without relying exclusively on traditional mass-media gatekeepers. His use of tribe is a metaphor for an interconnected community, not an.
Derek Sivers’ How to Start a Movement is a brief talk with an unusually clear visual argument. Using footage of a spontaneous group activity, he shows how an early follower can turn one person's isolated behavior into something.
John Wooden’s The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding separates an external result from an internal standard of effort and character. The legendary basketball coach argues that a person can perform honorably and competently.
Drew Dudley challenges the idea that leadership belongs only to people with titles, budgets and extraordinary achievements. His memorable everyday-leadership story suggests that a small interaction can affect another person more…
Human-resources executive Regina Hartley asks hiring managers to reconsider the candidate whose résumé is unconventional because of setbacks or detours. The memorable contrast is between a polished conventional applicant and a…
