Getting Organized

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Even the most seemingly chaotic systems have some order to them. This episode, TED speakers explore the inner architecture of living systems, from ant colonies to corporations to social movements. Guests include biology professor Deborah Gordon, community organizer Morgan O'Neill, professor Zeynep Tufekci, business leader Ricardo Semler, and author Bruce Feiler. (Original broadcast date: April 24, 2015)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, and I have a question for you.
0:02.4	What do you think would happen if you started a company with no rules and no bosses?
0:08.4	Well, you're about to find out.
0:10.4	This episode originally aired in April 2015. Enjoy.
0:16.0	This...
0:18.9	is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:22.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:24.3	Ted Talks.
0:25.3	Ted.
0:26.1	Ted, technology, entertainment, design.
0:28.2	Design.
0:29.1	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:30.2	I've never known that...
0:31.0	Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:33.4	It's a gift of the human imagination.
0:34.7	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:37.5	The true nature of reality beckons...
0:40.5	from just beyond.
0:41.9	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
0:47.8	From NPR.
0:52.4	I'm Guy Ross.
0:53.8	So, um, so do you want to hear something really cool?
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