Todd Dewett is a professional speaker, author, recovering management professor and Harley Davidson nut. His job is to build better leaders and teams. He is the author of The Little Black Book of Leadership. Todd now speaks to thousands each year while also serving as the go-to leadership expert for more than 2 million members at Lynda.com.
The key to knowledge dissemination is less about technological tools and more about meaningful relationships. However, only when leaders get over themselves, embrace a little self-deprecation, stop projecting themselves onto others, and begin to see people as unique resources will they move others to open up and talk and share -- and that's when great teams can emerge. Todd shared the story of Dave, a young executive who learned this lesson in a colorful way. The tale involves happy hour, canoeing, and other awesome adventures. It's the story about one professional's hilarious journey to get over himself and how it transformed his team.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
