To challenge the status quo, find a “co-conspirator” | Ipsita Dasgupta

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🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In a complex and changing world, how can we make sure unconventional people and their ideas thrive? Business executive Ipsita Dasgupta introduces the concept of “co-conspirators” -- people willing to bend or break the rules to challenge the status quo -- and shows how they can help create new ways of thinking, acting and being.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features business executive Ipsida Das Gupta, recorded live at TED at BCG 2019.
0:11.0	So I've been thinking about how to explain this concept to you, and I've decided I'm just going to start with something we all understand.
0:18.5	To achieve great heights or change the world, no matter how smart we are, we all need people.
0:24.6	And for conventional people,
0:26.6	the universe seems to conspire to make them successful.
0:30.6	For the unconventional, I think we need something
0:33.6	that I like to call co-conspirators.
0:36.6	Co-conspirators.
0:39.0	Co-conspirators are different, not because they're different themselves,
0:42.1	but because of the people who need them.
0:44.7	They tend to be people who are willing to bend the rules,
0:47.7	actually even break them sometimes,
0:49.9	and challenge the status quo
0:51.8	to stand beside someone who's going against societal norms.
0:56.1	I'm actually going to describe an experience that I had
0:59.0	that first crystallized the idea of co-conspirators in my mind.
1:03.3	In 2014, I was a corporate executive with an American multinational in India,
1:09.2	and we were actually faced with an interesting problem.
1:13.3	We didn't have enough women in the workforce.
1:16.3	And just to give you some context,
1:18.5	27% of women work in India.
1:21.8	If you look at most of Asia, that number is around 48%.
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