Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the contours of her career, she calls for more authentic representation of different cultures in media -- and a shift in how we tell our stories. "Presence creates possibility," she says.

Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other - and how they think for themselves.

Privilege is all-too-often invisible. In this fascinating follow-up to her 2017 TEDx Talk, transgender pastor Paula Stone Williams explains what her life was like before transitioning -- as a successful white male CEO. "I've learned lessons that, men, I don't think there's any other way to learn unless you also transition genders." If you want to know what life is like on both sides, and what we can do to close the gap, have a watch.

In this inspiring talk, Scott Pierce shows us that “Yes, and” is not just the first rule of improv, but it also touches on deeper lessons that we can apply to our everyday lives. (It strikes me that generative attention could be a non verbal way of saying “Yes, and”).

Mike Robbins says that there is an important distinction between "recognition" and "appreciation." Leaders, teams, organizations, and individuals who understand this distinction can have much more impact, meaning, and productivity in their lives and with the people around them.

From Cheryl Reynolds, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Huddersfield.

Linda speaking at Academi Wales, 2017

Linda’s 20 minute webinar from September 2018 for the Institute of Leadership & Management SME Series - includes fascinating findings from the Google ‘Aristotle Project"‘ on high performing teams and ‘Psychological Safety’.

Zalika is the co-founder and Director of Learning for KairosPDX Early Learning Center. Here she talks about listening differently - and its so resonant with the Thinking Environment.

Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress.