Calgary TED Talk Club: Why Do We Celebrate Incompetent Leaders
January 22, 2025 (4:30 PM - 6:00 PM) (MST)
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Hello everyone, we are looking forward to our next TED Talk discussion.
Please plan to join Jan Bradley and Paul Parzen for our next TED Talk discussion on Wednesday January 22 at 4:30 pm.
This next topic, by Martin Gutmann, takes a look at why we celebrate incompetent leadership.
Management historian Martin Gutmann challenges us to rethink what great leadership looks like. While we tend to celebrate those with a proclivity for action and brash words, great leaders are often precisely those who don't need to generate excessive noise or activity. To make this point, Gutmann draws on contemporary research and historical examples, including the famed but disaster-prone Ernest Shackleton.
Paul and Jan look forward to the conversation based on the following Ted Talk: Why do we celebrate incompetent leaders?
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