4Growth Video Archive
Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours
Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.
Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex
Matt Ridley does an excellent job in this recent TED talk explaining how the measure of human progress is not intelligence but the ability to communicate ideas. Although he does not go deep into the implications of the observation, it sheds considerable light on the importance of effective communications within the office and the importance of collective brainstorming.
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: Delivering Happiness
Hsieh believes in the science of happiness as a way to run a business. With the right vision and core values he learned from his personal and business experiences, he shares insights to move away from conventional wisdom and encourages entrepreneurs to create their own paths to passion and profits in business and in life.
Eben Pagan: Entrepreneur Held Hostage/Set Free
Eben Pagan explains how easy it is for entrepreneurs to become employees of their own business; the business begins to take control of the owner. They are essentially trapped by something that was supposed to set them free.
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