Karen Eber: How your brain responds to stories -- and why they're crucial for leaders | TED

[@carolynscott3789]

Had the opportunity to see her in person at a local library today. This video is amazing but the in person experience was even more so. I teach middle school and from the moment Karen first started speaking, I was taking in everything she said and imagining how it could apply to my classes and my ability to help better engage my students so that they can be more successful. You don’t have to want to be a writer to benefit from the ability to become a better storyteller.

[@Piyussh]

Don't wait for a perfect story, take your story and make it perfect.

[@Imbored1716]

Ohdamnn that's cool.

[@Piyussh]

@@Imbored1716 let's inspire everyone with your story (:

[@yesss8794]

Quite so! 👌

[@Imbored1716]

This talk was more educational than all of my science classes combined of this week. True power of storytelling skills

[@FoosballwithLinh]

still one of the best ted talks I've ever listened to

[@jessijoy6088]

i love these meetings , i have 15 years , my language native r is spanish and is very exciting for my to understand interesting topics like this

[@annie9924]

Wow, I’m blown away. It’s so true, why leaders don’t tell stories and on Banking side, no one has time to share anything but data. Thank you for a great talk :)

[@user-rh8hi4ph4b]

I like that she spent a fair portion of her speech clearing the misconception that decisions are made 'either rationally or emotionally'. In reality, our rationality merely fulfills the demands our emotions have already stated beyond our conscious awareness. This hierarchy is so deeply entrenched, you can even observe it when calculating cold math in your head: Solutions 'feel' right, they are satisfying, whereas mistakes are the opposite. Our unconscious emotion rewards or punishes us in each step of our conscious decision making or problem solving process; we are slaves to it yet allowed a soothing illusion of free will.

[@teressarana]

whoa this paragraph is so eloquent ❤

[@kinsmed]

A simple presentation. But it has the potential to be one of the most powerful. I have a municipal interview tonight. Now I'm confident about ending with an anecdote.

[@kitoytek]

All my emotions suddenly burst out the moment she said Michelle is her daughter. That's a story teller.

[@oliviao2238]

Trust accomplishes 2 things. 1- taking advantage of a situation in which we provoke. 2- Coordinating behavior of logic within reason of a part of a larger caliber of self well being.

[@gbasandani]

Excellent coordination between sub conscious mind where emotions are stored and conscious mind which is rational by forming a story and make a convincing communication. Wonderful. Love and Grace

[@andresencolombia]

I would never forget a company meeting that took place over 20 years ago. The new CEO wanted to reorganise the company and presented us with the story of an hypothetical company which introduced those changes. Few people did understand what it was all about but presented my resignation right after the meeting. The hypothetical company wanted to increase responsibilities with the same salary. In other words modern exploitation. The remarkable thing is that I still remember the details of the story and now I am aware of how powerful it can be to produce change at all levels.

[@davidsovereign4958]

SO GOOD. And this is so important for me as a songwriter. Thank you for this.

[@rebolognesi]

Same here... I feel grateful, too 🌹🎶❤️

[@itsarali]

A wise, intelligent Karen! People we need more of this representation!!

[@ayutari31]

I listen to this and get inspired. Thank you so much

[@jasonodell6472]

Great video. I found myself pausing and taking notes. Thank you

[@charmaineandrews5435]

Wow...I love this lady🎉Here's your flowers🎉

[@ABhattacharya]

Amazing! What a brilliant presentation.

[@vaishnavaramjass]

Once upon a time I heard a story from TED and I got smarter

[@mataprasadpandey8999]

What was the name of that video

[@sadunthilina1180]

Yes, of course

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Great talk . Few great leaders are not only expert at the art of story telling but people follow like pipe piper n manipulate for personal gains. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@saswatinayak7832]

A very good talk on , stories also communicate with the brain.

[@bruv7521]

The wisest karen to ever live

[@pangajackterhor]

LoL 🤣🤘

[@ericjohnson530]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VincentFischer]

How karen of you to say this after seeing one ted talk of her

[@kylebenoit787]

13:19

[@amycarter5492]

You are an amazing story teller, I'm smarter just listening. thank you1

[@oliviao2238]

Storytelling is a systematic way of learning and accepting doubt around a circumference within a binary accomplishment of everyday life.

[@Mratta911]

Emotions is the scale of life

[@ishamendhe4243]

KZbin always know what I want hear. I really need to hear this from long time ❤️

[@footballg44]

Love from India..❤️

[@shahbajkhan9508]

We have been storytellers since the beginning, 200k years humans sitting around a fire listening to others. The stories are still the same.

[@feero9680]

but do people listen to stories the same way?

[@duckmeat4674]

@@feero9680 of course not. That implies we all comprehend a story the same way

[@cosmopolitan623]

That moment when you present a data and fail to convince but your peer tells a story without a data and get a position.

[@wregenerous3401]

It's my first time watching a video from TED. And i thought, i have found knowledge. Good Channel ✅

[@Matthew-fj6eu]

Where have you been? 😂

[@wregenerous3401]

From another universe

[@AffirmationsForGrowth]

More great content. Thanks Ted.

[@kassiikaraa86]

Can’t wait to watch this one!

[@just.donutssss]

Man that story of Michelle really resonated with me.

[@RodneyDaut]

Context, conflict and outcome remind me of the ABT method of creating stories and powerful narratives.

[@HMALDANA]

Super interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@sumankalyan1614]

awesome talk..

[@X8FAUST8X]

Someone should use the comments to take solid notes

[@flowercloud6250]

Awe. Loved this. Thank you for sharing.

[@adamallen1097]

Some who say it’s not what you know it’s who you know

[@trainkinder-getinspiredtol6433]

The mind always needs proofs and stories provide them.

[@User-dl4ni]

Conclusion: Data + Story = 🔥

[@JakeKilka]

Now I get why sometimes people tell stories that I've told them as their own

[@alexalex0718]

😂😂😂

[@El_Diablo_12]

Don’t wait for a perfect story, steal a story and make it perfect 😂

[@Mratta911]

Great information!

[@cabdilaahiaspiima6604]

Always here any second 😌

[@curlyprivat22]

Well... that explains, why it is so hard to make decisions after trauma. Trauma leaves the amygdala in hightend arousal or leads to dissociation. Ofc. you can't make decisions in either of those states - being it your amygdala overfiring or simple inability to feel. Oh boi.

[@janetsworld9734]

This is so good!!! Very true stories are moving, data is not something we connect with on an emotional level usually

[@afifiazizi2705]

It was posted only maybe 9 minutes ago and ppl commenting having watched the entire video 💆🏻‍♂️

[@CanyonF]

so? People speed video up when watching

[@Rl-tn1ys]

thank you

[@govindbagariya9784]

So great video

[@williebrown2795]

This is world Class

[@DaftarMenarik-DM]

It was amazing 👍❤️

[@nasrdn5231]

thanks ❤️

[@YouAndImpact]

Great video 👍

[@BADALICE]

Once upon a time, there were those not unlike you, that rose to an occasion, and lived happily ever after. Tradgedy they called it for those that failed.

[@sunilpower147]

Done 🎉

[@Kongolox]

kinda disagree with the data thing... many times we have no clue/feeling of what to do/choose, so data here to help us with that.

[@finhouse9793]

It is really wonderful!!... With some weird experience!!!

[@lordspencer6195]

Great video

[@X8FAUST8X]

Context Conflict Outcome

[@jaiminsharma]

love her name!

[@areizjosh9044]

thnk you

[@mykhailohohol8708]

That's actually quite good

[@umidjon6138]

That is really cool

[@elinope4745]

As a strange overly rational person, I prefer that you explain things with logic over stories.

[@h2hsuresh]

Lovely 👌👍👍👍

[@rickharold7884]

Very nice

[@gabrielnicolae9583]

Well, that was a nice story

[@fuoser]

i love when hr people feel their work is important

[@yellowmanusa]

Good lesson for marketers. :)

[@blakebeaton8410]

The myth that people need 8 glasses of water per day is based on data that was misapplied and misinterpreted. You do not need to feel guilty about... One day Johnny forgot to drink 8 glasses of water per day. He didn't feel guilty at all. It was wonderful. The end.

[@mando8222]

What's your story?? 📙

[@jerkevandergeest8142]

Nowadays everyone wants to be a leader - it's disastrous.

[@Gilly_NillyGaming]

Man i watched so many thing that i don't know me like how im made of other peoples opinions and ideas that i just makes story's that are taken from other peoples experiences and ideas.covid changed me.i now know what meme really is 'a selfish gene'(its a nice book)

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Oh my God youtube has been hiding the ted videos I actually want to listen to!!

[@msilence2009]

Making decisions based on emotions? Well.. good luck with that. Decisions should be made based on rational logic and yes data/evidence.

[@msilence2009]

@@joe9434 don't need anyone to.

[@siyaramkijay]

Thank you 👍

[@StephanieReid]

Storytelling (fiction) from leaders is called propaganda and it’s been well documented throughout history. How long does the supposed change in a human last after hearing a story? 🥱

[@ABhattacharya]

Maybe a lifetime.

[@karenmelikyan377]

- Are you a leader? - Yes! - I am a leader too.... Everybody is leaders. The blunt capitalistic system

[@daniellesebire2508]

Kind of shocking it needs to be pointed out to people they need to recognise and care about the people around them and this is spun as a self serving leadership technique.

[@andrewguy3717]

1:10 how’d he call her when she had no phone

[@meenagwenne1208]

through the office phone call

[@syriles]

💚

[@ligiasommers]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻💖🌷

[@guyontheinternet6034]

Damn Bernadette has aged.. time flies

[@kristenmarie9248]

"Stories"? More like lies and propaganda from the government, and the media. And, TED Talks too. C'mon, people use your brain, and common sense. Government: In Wuhan... Me: 😂 Cool story, bro.

[@robertgregg979]

I think it would be impossible to find a person more full of themselves!!! Wake up people are you serious!

[@infantepedro1]

I want to buy an electric bycicle for going to my job but the green premium is very high and is far away from my budget

[@naturepositive7707]

I want teacher like her 👈

[@sithachristine2307]

to all education ministers out there...

[@rodrigovazquezoficial]

9:22

[@aakstatic]

Bernadette! Is that you?!

[@TheJaxcen]

Thumbnail.....thought she was bernadette from big bang theory

[@FF_GAMEZYS3861]

"any collage+& school students here "😍💋😭

[@newbrand4564]

how people understanding the meaning of stories by learning to understand starboy always writing stories and people always living on memories of Greatest man Alive data word using for human being to mirror personality in reality changing human beings to self education teaching no data need to learn and data require to copy in education business idea worth sharing and nothing idea of understanding subject of video and comment proud on sharing to caring for defining courage real time of comment define innovation virtual time of vi#### define nothing just data science people nowadays believe in magics not science

[@ThatNameIsCute]

One of first

[@jeweljibishponnu1365]

How many keralites here 😄😄

[@maxstefanski]

Ted just be lettin anyone talk smh

[@AutoHunter]

Nobody literally nobody: Bots :don't lie, Whose being a true fan of me for over a year now? N

[@lucybdavies6192]

Perfectly ended

[@thecalmest9685]

4th!

[@amanjk1]

"Don't just wait for the perfect story, take your stories & make it perfect" so you're saying to lie; stats are much more important anyways, not your emotion tugging lies; and besides all that, if you deal with stats enough it all becomes second nature & you can make connections to other pressing issues & you start running numbers in your head all the time which makes you efficient & knowledgable whereas if you're trying to get your points across via "perfect fiction stories", you'll waste a lot of time & probably just get points across that everyone is pretty much already aware of or most have thought of before; on top of that you're probably not gonna have as much insight as the person who's constantly running the numbers. someone could look at stats & still have a emotional responds & someone could still listen to your story & it have absolutely no affect on them, maybe even push them away. In a business meeting where there are your colleagues trying to sort though info to run & organized a multimillion dollar company you decide to tell them a story that points out more efficient methods of doing somethings that would save you X amount of dollars a year & by the end of it they ask why you wasted twenty minutes of their time to say that when you could've just been straightforward & got the point across in a few minutes? Your emotional story hasn't helped anyone or anything. Please don't lead people to believe that their emotions are more important then facts because you're explaining it as if someone actually benefited from either of those speeches but the fact is it was just a waste of time. (just to clarify nobody actually benefited from anything said, it only made you sympathize with the girl, and there was no concussion to the first story) On a side note you're trying to convince me that someone who was paralyzed with fear from being asked "Where do you see yourself in five years?" Went on to be successful in anything is just too big of a lie for anyone to believe, but I guess that's the whole premise of this video, that lying in a professional environment is ok.