Why Acts of Kindness Should Not be an Act | Andrea Everard | TEDxUniversityofDelaware

Intentional, purposeful kindness is a learnable practice and because the positive effects of kindness are experienced whether you are giving, receiving or observing kindness, by practicing kindness we all benefit. In her TEDx talk, Andrea Everard encourages the practice of intentional kindness to improve leadership effectiveness.
Andrea Everard is a Professor of Management Information Systems, the Director of the MS Business Analytics and Information Management and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the Lerner College of Business. She strives to leave things better than she finds them and strongly believes that kindness should be the guiding principle of leadership. Andrea Everard is a Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Delaware and also serves as the Director of the Business Analytics and Information Management graduate program and as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the Lerner College of Business. She primarily teaches IT Leadership and Strategic Management Information Systems and conducts research in Human-Computer Interaction and Cross-Cultural and Gender Issues in Information Systems. Born in Kenya to a British father and an Austrian mother, she was raised in Montreal, Canada and moved to the US in 1999. She considers herself a citizen of the world and enjoys meeting and getting to know people from different nations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@harshitrathi6765]

Every bit of the talk is 100% damn true. Yet, in addition, I won't put an edge on kindness just about people. It's the world, made up of million types of beings having their unique story to tell. Once having an evening walk, encountered an immobile, infant pup (rat's baby) near to a car's wheel, thinking it as dead. Seeing it so still felt bad and I kept on moving. In the next round, I saw it the second time. I felt aback at that moment, to discover that it was alive. Soon enough, I picked it up and place it afar from the busy road. I came back and found 4 other pups in the front of the wheel. I lifted them and laid all of them to rest together. This incident is unforgettable that filled my heart with joy, satisfaction and kindness.

[@dgalletta]

Great talk! I'm happy to know this very kind person who did the talk. She does indeed practice what she preaches! Andrea, keep spreading the message by your words and examples!

[@kevinj.wilson3669]

Such an uplifting talk! So true. Let’s be kind.

[@517design]

Thank you! You speak the truth. Not walking through fear is weakness. Fear is what leads all of us to acts of anger and hurt and not strength as kindness does. To look beyond fear, and replace it by kindness is true strength and growth. Again thank you for taking your time to put that thought out for us on TED.

[@mirayadingabay5520]

Amazing every word of this TED talk was what I act and believe in it, and made me very emotional. Thank you

[@LissandaEloria]

They shouldn’t be random either! Practice consistent and deliberate acts of kindness

[@betterthanyesterday9346]

God bless , you are making true humanity

[@hiepkhachnongdan]

Thanks goodjob

[@DECI2004]

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[@harrypearle9781]

Try WAVING and GESTURING? Since the Virus came, I try to wave to strangers on the street and to passing cars. Some people wave back and honk back. This lifts my spirits and helps me to try, again. thanks

[@aprilsenick3700]

What about the people who purposely give kindness to everyone that they see and have contact with who continuously get hurt by everyone they show that kindnesd to

[@marthiajanes3538]

Kindness sound be genuine

[@marthiajanes3538]

Kindness sound be genuine not an act

[@veronikakuncevich8187]

Funny thing that these days kindness is being confused with naiveness and sometimes even stupidity, although being and remaining kind is actually the hardest of all, especially when you receive non of that back.

[@user-vk9tn2ou9h]

I shall be firm but kind. Acting kind is being "fake it until you make it" in school and or work. Many doctors went studying medicine for "their parents dream, greed, honor and or image" not because they are fit for the job, many doctors cheat their way to practice.

[@wikiexpert]

This you? "This is the superintendent who attacked me with a five hour public meeting discussing whether to sue me for submitting public record requests after she told me to submit them. She's not kind."

[@InsureInvest]

The most cruel people of the world teaching kindness 😀