The Meaning Of Work

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Love it or hate it, most of us have to work for a living. So, how can we make work more meaningful? This hour, TED speakers explore our values and motivations when it comes to the workplace. Guests include entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan, psychologist Barry Schwartz, behavioral economist Dan Ariely, and tech entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley. (Original broadcast date: October 2, 2015).

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, and I have a question for you.
0:02.8	What do you think we can learn from chickens about work?
0:08.0	Well, it turns out a lot about productivity, competition, ego,
0:14.2	and even how we should rethink the pecking order when it comes to us.
0:19.0	This episode is called the Meaning of Work,
0:21.4	and it originally aired in October of 2015.
0:25.1	This...
0:28.1	is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:31.3	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:33.5	Ted Talks.
0:34.3	Ted.
0:35.1	Ted, technology.
0:36.2	Entertainment, design.
0:37.4	Design.
0:38.2	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:39.4	I've never known that...
0:40.2	Delivered at Ted Conferences Around the World.
0:42.6	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:43.9	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:46.7	The true nature of reality beckons...
0:49.8	from just beyond.
0:51.0	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
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