Short, insightful and actionable video talks to inspire your career development.

TED talks are short, insightful videos from expert speakers. This collection of videos will inspire new ideas for you to put into action within your career.

Emilie’s talk challenges the seemingly innocent question we’re asked from a young age: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, which implies we should be and do one thing with our working lives.
And while that suits specialists who work in fields like law and medicine, there are other people who have many interests, multiple projects going on simultaneously, and several different career paths under their belt.
The talk introduces us to multipotentialites: people who should be celebrated and embraced for having “many interests and creative pursuits”.

Stefan’s talk discusses the benefits of taking a sabbatical, both for ourselves and wider society.
Dissatisfied with the concept of spending 40 years working before earning a 15-20 year retirement, he decided to mix things up.
Every seven years he closes down his office to take a year-long sabbatical, to focus on projects that otherwise may not happen within his regular working life. It’s also an opportunity for replenishment; to gain new creative inspiration (which will later benefit the studio’s clients) by being in a different environment.

Jia wanted to overcome his fear of rejection so he decided to complete a project: he compiled 100 things to ask for that he knew he’d likely be rejected for, and over the course of 100 days he ticked each one of those things off his list.
His talk explores the consequences of rejection, what unfolded when he directly faced his fear of rejection, and what happens if we don’t take no for an answer.

Scott’s talk describes the development of the Live Your Legend movement and shares three consistent things he learnt from people he interviewed who love their jobs and work passionately:
1.Become an expert on yourself: “if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you’re never going to find it”
2. Recognise the values you embody that dictate your decision making
3. Consider how to learn from others’ experiences and apply your own learnings to a career that means something to you

Shawn’s observed that most individuals and companies follow the approach: If I work harder, I'll be more successful. And if I'm more successful, then I'll be happier.
He argues why this approach is broken, and presents the case for reversing this formula, by training your brain to become more positive, pump dopamine through your system and boost your happiness.
He explains the impact of writing down three new things that you’re grateful for for 21 days in a row. And at the end of that, your brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world, not for the negative, but for the positive first.

Conventional wisdom frames the ideal career path as a linear one - a ladder to be climbed with a single-minded focus to get to the top.
Career development consultants Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper invite you to replace this outdated and limiting model with "squiggly" careers: dynamic, open-ended growth paths tailor-made for your individual needs, talents and ambitions. A radical rethink for anyone who feels restricted and defined by the limits of the corporate ladder.