Our first “TED O’clock”!

Thanks to all of you who came to today’s “TED O’clock” TED talk discussion!  What a great turnout we had for our first event!

Thanks, Matt, for the great picture!

For our first gathering, we watched Margaret Heffernan discuss “Why It’s Time to Forget the Pecking Order at Work.”  A few of the thoughts shared and discussed afterward were:

1) There was much conversation about “super chickens” and what defined a “super chicken.”  Is it an expert in a field or something more (or less)?  Could we define a “super chicken” as someone who perhaps is unwilling to share their knowledge with others?  Did it have more to do with attitude versus what the person knows?

2) It is easier to want to help others when you know a little bit more about them.  You learn more about others when given the opportunity to interact with them on more than just a work level (this is why it is important to try and connect with others during events [like TED O’clocks!]).

3) “Bringing out the best in others is how they found the best in themselves.”

4) Everybody matters and everybody has value.

5) Setting a standard of “the best imaginable” is great.  Or perhaps we should set this standard of “the best imaginable” for certain things only (as we can’t be “the best imaginable” in everything).

6) Group diversity is important in finding the best solutions to issues.

Did you attend TED O’clock?  What ideas did I miss in the notes above?  If you didn’t attend and watched the video afterward, what were your thoughts and impressions?  Let’s keep the dialogue going in the comments section!

Our next TED O’clock will be on Friday, November 20.  I will work to find a bit larger location (as we were jammed in the conference room!) and as always, we’ll have a little sustenance available, too.

Do you have a TED talk that you love?  Please share it with me so we can potentially add it to the growing list of talks we’ll be watching in the future.  If you have ideas on how to improve the concept of TED O’clock, please be sure to share those as well.

Thanks to Chad who helped create a logo for TED O’clock…we are all official now!

See you all at the next TED O’clock!

ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro