Secrets to successful teamwork

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We all work in teams, from families, to companies, and everything in between. So what's the secret to doing it better? This hour, TED speakers share surprising strategies for successful teamwork. Guests include activist Hajer Sharief, social psychologist Amy Edmondson and private equity investor Pete Stavros.

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0:20.0	This is the TED Radio Hour.
0:24.0	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
0:27.0	Our job now is to dream big.
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0:43.7	to ourselves like why is it noteworthy and even change you I literally feel like I'm a
0:47.8	different person do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading.
0:53.7	From Ted and NPR, I'm Manouche Zumorodi.
1:00.0	On the show today, teamwork.
1:02.8	So I grew up in Tripoli, Libya.
1:05.6	This is Hagar Sharif.
1:07.9	And when she was a kid, her parents would gather her
1:11.2	and her siblings together every Friday night. We've all heard of family
1:16.5	meetings, but these were a little more intense. This was a very formal process.
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