ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nilofer Merchant - Corporate director, author
Business innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies.

Why you should listen

Nilofer Merchant has been helping to grow businesses -- from Fortune 500s to web startups -- for 20 years. She’s worked for major companies (like Apple and Autodesk) and early web startups (remember Golive?). Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors and optimize revenue.

Today she serves on boards for both public and private companies, and writes books about collaboration, like The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy, and openness -- check out her recent ebook 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, chosen by Fast Company as one of the Best Business Books of 2012. She also writes for HBR, including the personal and brave essay about a previous attempt on the TED stage: "What I Learned from My TED Talk."

Watch Nilofer's moving TEDxHouston talk on "onlyness" >>

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TED2013

Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk

Nilofer Merčant (Nilofer Merchant): Imate sastanak? Prošetajte

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Nilofer Merčant ima mali predlog koji bi mogao da ima veliki uticaj na vaš život i zdravlje: sledećeg puta kada budete imali sastanak oči u oči, pretvorite to u "sastanak uz šetnju" - i pustite ideje da teku dok pričate i hodate.
- Corporate director, author
Business innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies. Full bio

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What you're doing,
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To što radite,
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right now, at this very momentтренутак,
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sada, ovog trenutka,
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is killingубијање you.
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vas ubija.
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More than carsаутомобили or the InternetInternet
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Više nego automobili
ili internet
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or even that little mobileмобилни deviceуређај we keep talkingпричају about,
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ili čak taj mali mobilni uređaj
o kome stalno pričamo,
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the technologyтехнологија you're usingКористећи the mostнајвише almostскоро everyсваки day
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tehnologija koju najviše koristite
skoro svakog dana
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is this, your tushOn-line.
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je ovo, vaša guza.
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NowadaysOvih dana people are sittingседење 9.3 hoursсати a day,
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Ljudi trenutno sede
9,3 sati dnevno,
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whichкоја is more than we're sleepingспава, at 7.7 hoursсати.
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što je više nego što spavamo,
7,7 sati.
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SittingSedi is so incrediblyневероватно prevalentпреовлађујуће,
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Sedenje je tako neverovatno dominantno
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we don't even questionпитање how much we're doing it,
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da se uopšte ne pitamo
koliko to radimo,
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and because everyoneсви elseдруго is doing it,
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i zato što to rade svi drugi,
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it doesn't even occurпојавити to us that it's not okay.
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ne pada nam na pamet
da to nije u redu.
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In that way, sittingседење has becomeпостати
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Na taj način, sedenje je postalo
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the smokingпушење of our generationгенерације.
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pušenje naše generacije.
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Of courseкурс there's healthздравље consequencesпоследице to this,
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Naravno da postoje
zdravstvene posledice,
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scaryстрашно onesоне, besidesОсим тога the waistструк.
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zastrašujuće, osim stomaka.
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Things like breastдојке cancerрак and colondebelog creva cancerрак
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Stvari poput raka dojke
i raka debelog creva
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are directlyдиректно tiedvezane to our lackнедостатак of physicalфизички [activityактивност],
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direktno su povezane
sa nedostatkom fizičke aktivnosti.
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TenDeset percentпроценат in factчињеница, on bothи једно и друго of those.
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Zapravo 10% za obe te stvari.
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Six6 percentпроценат for heartсрце diseaseболест,
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6% za bolesti srca,
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sevenседам percentпроценат for typeтип 2 diabetesдијабетес,
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7% za dijabetes drugog tipa,
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whichкоја is what my fatherотац diedумро of.
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od čega je i umro moj otac.
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Now, any of those statsstatistike should convinceубедити eachсваки of us
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Bilo koji od ovih podataka bi trebalo
da svakog od nas uveri
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to get off our duffDaf more,
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da se više pokrenemo,
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but if you're anything like me, it won'tнеће.
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ali ako ste imalo poput mene,
to se neće desiti.
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What did get me movingкретање was a socialсоцијално interactionинтеракција.
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Ono što me je pokrenulo
je bila društvena interakcija.
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SomeoneNeko invitedпозвани me to a meetingсастанак,
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Neko me je pozvao na sastanak,
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but couldn'tније могао manageуправљати to fitфит me in
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ali nisu mogli da me ubace
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to a regularредовно sortврста of conferenceконференција roomсоба meetingсастанак, and said,
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na obični sastanak u sali
za konferenciju, pa su mi rekli:
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"I have to walkходати my dogsпси tomorrowсутра. Could you come then?"
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"Sutra moram da prošetam pse.
Možeš li da dođeš tada?"
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It seemedизгледало је kindкинд of oddчудно to do,
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Učinilo se čudnim,
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and actuallyзаправо, that first meetingсастанак, I rememberзапамтити thinkingразмишљање,
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i zapravo na tom prvom sastanku,
sećam se da sam mislila:
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"I have to be the one to askпитати the nextследећи questionпитање,"
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"Ja moram da postavim
sledeće pitanje,"
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because I knewзнала I was going to huffHaf and puffdim
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jer sam znala
da ću se zadihati
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duringу току this conversationразговор.
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tokom ovog razgovora.
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And yetјош увек, I've takenузети that ideaидеја and madeмаде it my ownвластити.
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Ipak, uzela sam tu ideju
i načinila je svojom.
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So insteadуместо тога of going to coffeeкафу meetingsсастанци
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Umesto da idem
na sastanke uz kafu
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or fluorescent-litDa li je zapalio Florescentna conferenceконференција roomсоба meetingsсастанци,
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ili sastanke u konferencijskim salama
s fluorescentnim osvteljenjem,
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I askпитати people to go on a walkingХодање meetingсастанак,
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ljude pitam da idu
na sastanak uz šetnju,
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to the tunemelodija of 20 to 30 milesмиља a weekНедеља.
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na ukupno 30 do 50km nedeljno.
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It's changedпромењено my life.
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To je promenilo moj život.
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But before that, what actuallyзаправо happenedдесило was,
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Ali ono što se desilo pre toga je,
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I used to think about it as,
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da sam o tome mislila ovako,
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you could take careнега of your healthздравље,
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možete brinuti o svom zdravlju
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or you could take careнега of obligationsobaveze,
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ili o svojim obavezama
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and one always cameДошао at the costтрошак of the other.
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i jedno uvek ide na uštrb drugog.
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So now, severalнеколико hundredсто of these walkingХодање meetingsсастанци laterкасније,
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Sada, nakon nekoliko stotina
ovih sastanaka uz šetnju,
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I've learnedнаучио a fewнеколико things.
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naučila sam nekoliko stvari.
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First, there's this amazingНевероватно thing
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Prvo, tu je neverovatna stvar
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about actuallyзаправо gettingдобијања out of the boxбок
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kada se zaista izvučete iz zatvorenog
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that leadsводи to out-of-the-boxizlaz iz kutije thinkingразмишљање.
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što vodi do otvorenog uma.
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WhetherDa li it's natureприрода or the exerciseвежбање itselfсам, it certainlyсигурно worksИзвођење радова.
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Bez obzira da li je to priroda ili sama vežba,
to jednostavno funkcioniše.
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And secondдруго, and probablyвероватно the more reflectiveрефлектујуће one,
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A drugo, i verovatno
malo dubokoumnije,
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is just about how much eachсваки of us
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je to koliko svako od nas
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can holdдржати problemsпроблеми in oppositionOpozicija
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može da stoji nasuprot problemima
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when they're really not that way.
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kada im to nije u prirodi.
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And if we're going to solveреши problemsпроблеми
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A ako ćemo rešavati probleme
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and look at the worldсвет really differentlyдругачије,
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i zaista drugačije gledati na svet,
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whetherда ли је it's in governanceуправљање or businessбизнис
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bez obzira da li je to
u upravljanju državom ili u poslu,
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or environmentalеколошки issuesпитања, jobпосао creationстварање,
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kod ekoloških problema,
stvaranja posla,
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maybe we can think about how to reframereframe those problemsпроблеми
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možda možemo misliti o tome kako
da te probleme stavimo u drugi kontekst
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as havingимати bothи једно и друго things be trueистина.
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tako što bi obe stvari bile istinite.
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Because it was when that happenedдесило
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Jer kada se desilo to
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with this walk-and-talkhod i govor ideaидеја
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sa ovom idejom šetnje i sastanaka,
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that things becameпостао doableizvodljivo and sustainableодржив and viableодржив.
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stvari su postale moguće,
održive i izvedive.
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So I startedпочела this talk talkingпричају about the tushOn-line,
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Počela sam ovaj govor
pričajući o guzi,
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so I'll endкрај with the bottomдно lineлине, whichкоја is,
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pa ću završiti sa poentom koja je,
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walkходати and talk.
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hodajte i pričajte.
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WalkHodaj the talk.
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Sprovodite reči u dela.
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You'llCu te be surprisedизненађени at how freshсвеже airваздух drivesпогони freshсвеже thinkingразмишљање,
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Iznenadićete se koliko svež vazduh
podstiče razmišljanje,
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and in the way that you do,
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i na način koji vi to radite,
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you'llти ћеш bringдовести into your life an entirelyу потпуности newново setкомплет of ideasидеје.
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u svoj život ćete uneti
potpuno novu grupu ideja.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Tatjana Jevdjic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nilofer Merchant - Corporate director, author
Business innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies.

Why you should listen

Nilofer Merchant has been helping to grow businesses -- from Fortune 500s to web startups -- for 20 years. She’s worked for major companies (like Apple and Autodesk) and early web startups (remember Golive?). Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors and optimize revenue.

Today she serves on boards for both public and private companies, and writes books about collaboration, like The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy, and openness -- check out her recent ebook 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, chosen by Fast Company as one of the Best Business Books of 2012. She also writes for HBR, including the personal and brave essay about a previous attempt on the TED stage: "What I Learned from My TED Talk."

Watch Nilofer's moving TEDxHouston talk on "onlyness" >>

More profile about the speaker
Nilofer Merchant | Speaker | TED.com