Post by account_disabled on Feb 17, 2024 22:41:52 GMT -5
Well, look at that – the yearly wrap-ups and unwrappings are over and, somehow, it’s January already! Before we know it, marketers, we’ll be knee-deep in execution mode. Just before we get there, it’s time to ring in the New Year by wringing out a few inspirational favorites from the fabric of the internet. In no particular order (because ideas don’t pull rank), here are 10 awesome talks from around the web to kick-start some big thinking for the bright, shiny, blank slate of possibility that comes from a slightly new number to remember to use when we sign things. Not all of them are about marketing per se, but they all pack plenty of inspiring insights and actionable lessons for marketers.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action – Simon Sinek You may Buy TG Database have seen this already because it’s a classic TEDx talk and a great digital success story. Five years ago, author Simon Sinek single-handedly brought hitherto unheard of levels of cool to the lowly flipchart easel when his simple but powerful presentation took the sharescape by storm – even though it was only delivered to a small crowd. If you’re like me, every viewing still gets your cortical and limbic brains fired up for some serious ideation because “Why?” is still the best place to start. 2. Your Elusive Creative Genius – Elizabeth Gilbert Stop psyching yourself out of creating by learning the difference between being and having a genius.
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of a certain best-selling book openly chronicles her anxiety in the wake of the book’s success that future projects will be doomed to comparative mediocrity. She posits that borrowing from the Greco-Romans to change our perspective on genius might just save our artists from the perceived trappings of their crafts, and make creativity more accessible to all. 3. Creativity – John Cleese Armed with more light bulb jokes than you can shake a stick at, Pythonite John Cleese waxed philosophical on creativity way back in 1991 when TED wasn’t yet something your gran was telling you about over Christmas dinner and asking if you’d heard of it.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action – Simon Sinek You may Buy TG Database have seen this already because it’s a classic TEDx talk and a great digital success story. Five years ago, author Simon Sinek single-handedly brought hitherto unheard of levels of cool to the lowly flipchart easel when his simple but powerful presentation took the sharescape by storm – even though it was only delivered to a small crowd. If you’re like me, every viewing still gets your cortical and limbic brains fired up for some serious ideation because “Why?” is still the best place to start. 2. Your Elusive Creative Genius – Elizabeth Gilbert Stop psyching yourself out of creating by learning the difference between being and having a genius.
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of a certain best-selling book openly chronicles her anxiety in the wake of the book’s success that future projects will be doomed to comparative mediocrity. She posits that borrowing from the Greco-Romans to change our perspective on genius might just save our artists from the perceived trappings of their crafts, and make creativity more accessible to all. 3. Creativity – John Cleese Armed with more light bulb jokes than you can shake a stick at, Pythonite John Cleese waxed philosophical on creativity way back in 1991 when TED wasn’t yet something your gran was telling you about over Christmas dinner and asking if you’d heard of it.