Evolving Our Humanity: Lessons From the African Elephant
Stephen Gianotti’s talk shares three lessons from the African elephant and three challenging questions that inform and could alter the course of our lives and, quite possibly, humanity.
Talk Categories: Humanity
How Our Brains Keep Us From Collaborating
The human brain has evolved to keep us alive in the savanna by learning to compete and to cooperate. These two states have existed in human brains for as long as humans have existed. The instinct to compete worked well for small, tribe-sized challenges, but in the current day, this instinct works against us and global problem-solving. Steve Wourgiotis explains how to suppress our brain’s natural instinct to compete and learn to collaborate on a global scale.
The L Path: Walking the leadership talk
Leadership is both art and science. It should be seen as something of a sacred calling, too, given the magnitude of the challenges we face. Dr. Jessica McWade argues that the best leaders walk what she calls The L Path, using Learning, Laughing, Losing and Living to inspire their people — and themselves.
The New 5 Second Rule: Redefining the First Impression
First impressions are the unconscious categorization of people. In order to change the outcome of first impressions, Quita Christison is redefining the “5 Second Rule” with a new 5 Second Rule: STOP, See The Other Person.
The pre-dead social club
In her mid-50’s, Laura Cleminson realized how unprepared her family was for her mother’s death. In this poignant, funny talk she assures us, humans really DO want to “die-a-louge” about death, they just need some people to talk to!
The Technology Age – Thriving Through Disruption
Technology is inherent and ubiquitous in everything. In order to thrive in the ever changing technological world and workplace, you must adapt. Kartik Sakthivel is helping to shape how generations think and react to changes in technology.
We Marched for Racial Justice…Now What?
Once you’ve done all the reading, and podcast listening, and attended the protests- what’s the next step in your personal racial justice journey? Educator and sociologist, Dr. Stephanie Bramlett provides a practical path forward for people of all races.
