8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for

Lesson 1: Employees are adults. Read online

This week on TED.com February 9, 2019

Talk of the week Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for 05:10 minutes · Filmed Feb 2019 · Posted Feb 2019 · The Way We Work What makes a company a great place to work? Patty McCord, the iconic former chief talent officer at Netflix, shares the 8 insights that led her to toss the HR handbook out the window -- and to help build a company culture based on trust and respect. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Amazing, creative homes New buildings -- and new ways of living -- from all over the world. Watch » 10 TED Talks to browse • Total run time 2:04:30

This week's new TED Talks What if we could capture pollution in the air around us and turn it into something useful? Inventor Anirudh Sharma shares how he created AIR-INK, a deep black ink that's made from PM 2.5 pollution. See how he hacked together a clever way to capture these tiny particles -- and make the world just a little bit cleaner in the process. Watch » You know the "forgotten middle": they're the students, coworkers and regular people, neither stars nor problems, who are so often overlooked. Sharing her work helping young people get to and through college, Danielle R. Moss challenges us to think deeper about how to encourage people in the middle to dream big. Watch » There's no better way to stop a disease than to catch and treat it early. That's the whole point of medical screenings like radiography, MRIs and blood tests. But there's one that's overlooked: screening your breath. Technologist Julian Burschka shares the latest in the growing science of breath analysis, and shows how it could become a powerful tool to detect disease. Watch » Is women's sexuality more complicated than men's? Well, not really, no, says author Sarah Barmak. In this frank, eye-opening talk, she shows how a flawed understanding of the female body has shaped this discussion for centuries. She debunks some age-old myths (you're welcome) and offers a richer definition of pleasure that gets closer to the simple truth about women's sexuality. Watch »

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FROM the comments ...  “ Ms. Moss's talk on the "forgotten middle" is important because it's the middle sector of society that carries 1) the bulk of society's workload, public and private, 2) the burden of paying taxes, and 3) the building and protecting of the nation. A few years down the road, the middle among the students become the middle of the workforce. Therefore, forgetting the middle among students is ignoring the sector that will ultimately become the backbone of the country.” Commenter: Rodrigo P. Feliciano Talk: Danielle R. Moss How we can help the "forgotten middle" reach their full potential

The Way We Work is a new original video series from TED -- a place where leaders and thinkers offer practical wisdom and insight into how we can adapt and thrive amid changing workplace conventions. Look for brief, sharp, tactical insights on working from home ... the new rules of workplace romance ... the side hustle ... and much more! (Made possible with the support of Dropbox)

TED Radio Hour: finite In a world with finite resources, can we find ways to salvage what's disappearing? Can we innovate our way past the known limits? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about living with less. Listen on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

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