The Sustainable Speakers Club hosted me. Here’s the video of my talk.
I spoke at the Sustainable Speakers Club, a Toastmaster event in the UK, on how to lead on sustainability and how not to. The theme was Transformational Projects the Motivate.
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It’s tempting to think giving people facts and numbers will motivate them, but it rarely does. Learning their intrinsic motivation and helping them achieve what they already wanted to helps more.
I share a story illustrating how action leads to theory more than theory leads to action. In the second half of this video, I take questions from the audience, especially giving a concrete example of someone I led.
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