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TED Business, page 4
by TED · English
Whatever your business conundrum, there’s a TED Talk for that — whether you want to learn how to land that promotion, set smart goals, undo injustice at work, or unlock the next big innovation. Every Monday, host Modupe Akinola of Columbia Business School presents the most powerful and surprising ideas that illuminate the business world. After the talk, you'll get a mini-lesson from Modupe on how to apply the ideas in your own life — because business evolves every day, and our ideas about it should, too. Follow Modupe on Instagram at @mnakinola and on LinkedIn at @mnakinola Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The world's first "nature superpower" | Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
How Brazil can become a “nature superpower” by redesigning its economy so profit comes from protecting natural resources, not extracting them; includes deforestation context and policy/economic…
27 Oct 2025 · 13m · 8 chaptersBrené Brown on courageous leadership | from ReThinking with Adam Grant
Courageous leadership—how leaders build trust, ask better questions, and operationalize values into behaviors (from Brene Brown’s book Strong Ground).
20 Oct 2025 · 42m · 22 chaptersA traditional job isn’t the only path to success | TED Talks Daily
Anuj Tana argues that sub-Saharan Africa’s informal economy shouldn’t be “fixed,” but supported and scaled, using lessons from Mesh (Africa’s first hustle-culture social platform).
13 Oct 2025 · 14m · 3 chapters
How Texas became America’s biggest producer of wind energy | Speed & Scale
How Texas became the U.S.’s biggest wind-energy producer, and what policies helped scale wind while also improving grid emissions.
9 Oct 2025 · 27m · 10 chaptersHow to get people to do what you want | Barry Sonnenfeld
Barry Sonnenfeld’s TED talk on “how to get people to do what you want,” framed as nine practical directing lessons for big-budget filmmaking, delivered with humor.
6 Oct 2025 · 16m · 6 chaptersWhy good people become bad bosses | Jamie Woolf and Christopher Bell
How “power blindness” turns well-intentioned people into bad bosses, and how leaders can break the cycle through vulnerability and self-reflection.
29 Sep 2025 · 16m · 7 chaptersThe most powerful predictor of team success | Rafael Chiuzi
Psychological safety as the most powerful predictor of team success—how to create workplaces where people can speak up without fear of punishment or humiliation, and how leaders can build that…
22 Sep 2025 · 19m · 4 chaptersA story of moral imagination and bold entrepreneurship | Sitoyo Lopokoiyit in conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz
A TED Business conversation on entrepreneurship guided by “moral imagination,” using M-Pesa’s model as proof—designing products from the perspective of the overlooked and underestimated, then…
15 Sep 2025 · 22m · 10 chaptersForget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler
The “Artist Corporation” (A-Corp), a proposed new corporate structure to give creative workers power, stable economics, and shared benefits—countering low creator pay, platform exploitation, and…
8 Sep 2025 · 13m · 7 chaptersQuick Fixes: How to level up, job craft, and manage colleagues you can’t stand | Fixable
Three “quick fixes” for workplace and business problems: scaling a small business, job crafting conversations with a manager, and returning to an old workplace while managing difficult colleagues.
1 Sep 2025 · 19m · 9 chaptersThe trillion dollar paradox | George Zaidan
The “trillion-dollar paradox” argues that transitioning to clean energy requires huge upfront spending, but fossil-fuel inaction costs more over time.
25 Aug 2025 · 9m · 3 chaptersLet your ambition light you up, not burn you out | Tarveen Forrester
Sustainable ambition—how to keep ambition from turning into burnout by setting and communicating boundaries at work, in life, and in relationships.
18 Aug 2025 · 10m · 4 chaptersThe delicious potential of rescuing wasted food | Jasmine Crowe-Houston
How social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe-Houston’s Goodr tackles hunger and food waste by connecting businesses’ edible surplus to people in need, using a logistics app and a two-sided model.
11 Aug 2025 · 18m · 7 chaptersThe future isn't just coded — it's built | Lauren Dunford
TED Business episode featuring Lauren Dunford arguing that the future is “built,” not just coded, and that manufacturing is essential for sustainability, energy efficiency, and resilience.
4 Aug 2025 · 14m · 6 chaptersHow I make vegan food sexy | Pinky Cole
Pinky Cole’s non-linear path from TV producer to founder of Slutty Vegan, and how she built a “sexy,” provocative plant-based restaurant brand that draws non-vegans through vibe, branding, and menu…
28 Jul 2025 · 22m · 5 chaptersYou are the bridge to the next generation | Ndinini Kimesera Sikar
Danini Kimsera-Sikar argues that communities should intentionally preserve what’s valuable from the past while integrating it into modern life, positioning oneself as a “bridge” to the next…
21 Jul 2025 · 13m · 6 chaptersThe economic opportunity hidden in the climate transition | Marielle Remillard
Climate strategist Marielle Remiard argues net-zero is feasible only if policymakers and investors plan for the “stuff” (cement, steel, glass, components) required over the next 30 years, and for…
14 Jul 2025 · 15m · 10 chaptersHow to change careers and reinvent yourself (w/ Dawn Burrell) | from How to Be a Better Human
How to change careers and reinvent yourself, using Dawn Burrell’s shift from Olympic long jumping to professional cooking.
7 Jul 2025 · 40m · 22 chaptersA new vision of healthy masculinity | Davonte Green
Devontae Green argues that “healthy masculinity” means emotional intelligence and pausing before reacting, especially in conflict.
30 Jun 2025 · 15m · 7 chaptersThe climate movement needs new stories — here's mine | Fenton Lutunatabua
Fenton Lutonatabua argues that the climate movement needs new stories led by Pacific Islanders, shifting from “victims waiting to be saved” to Pacific Climate Warriors as active solution-builders.
23 Jun 2025 · 11m · 4 chaptersHow to speak up — even when you don’t want to | Sarah Crawford-Bohl
How to speak up in difficult workplace conversations, especially when silence feels safer; includes a “moral compass” framework and a real example of giving/receiving feedback.
16 Jun 2025 · 15m · 4 chapters