What is the difference between uniqueness and Onlyness? Nilofer Merchant is here to help us figure out how the room changes when we walk in, how to turn feeling othered or overworked into opportunities to help ourselves and everyone around us shine.
More About Nilofer: Nilofer Merchant is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the world's leading business thinkers, and has personally launched more than 100 products netting $18 billion in sales. In 2013 she gave a top-ranking TED talk, "Sitting is the Smoking of Our Generation." Her most recent book is The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World (2017). By centering on that source of all innovation, Onlyness, Nilofer Merchant enables you to create more value. Her cover story for Harvard Business Review (HBR) Magazine is a case study in the crucial role trust plays in creating scale.
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Connect with Nilofer: On the web
HBR Cover Story: When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd , Nilofer's new substack column
TED Talk: Got a meeting? Take a walk
Books mentioned: Pivot, The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World, The One-Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Friendtor mentioned: Michael Bungay Stanier on Brené Brown's Daring Greatly podcast, his new show 2 Pages
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