#FutureOfWork & Building Larger Than Yourself

In this session, Thibault Manekin, author of Larger Than Yourself, discusses some of the points in his book about turning an idea into a large-scale movement. His vast on-the-field experience on working on massive social initiatives gives us an insider's story on how companies, leaders and employees can dream big, challenge the status quo and undertake disruptive projects and assignments in an organization. Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/jofitunes Youtube: http://math.im/jofyoutube Bio: From the time he was little growing up in Baltimore City, Thibault wrestled to understand why we as human beings seemed so divided. He continued to ask himself what truly causes those divides that separate races, cultures, and communities, and can anything be done to bridge them? Armed with that burning question, in 2002, Thibault traveled to South Africa, where he combined his passion for bringing people together with a love of sports to help create Peace Players, a nonprofit with the mission of bringing together children from war-torn countries around the world through basketball and dialogue. PeacePlayers has since worked with over 75,000 youth from over 20 countries around the world and has trained over 2,000 coaches/changes agents. The program has won numerous global awards, including the 2007 ESPYs Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Timelines: 1:11 Thibault's journey. 10:43 Thibault's inspiration for doing something different. 15:48 Recipes to create large ideas and turn them into movements. 20:09 Turning obstacles into opportunites. 26:55:00 Importance to be adaptable for the growth of an idea. 30:55:00 Steps to take an idea to create a movement. 44:57:00 Creating an organization where everyone can challenge the status quo. 51:04:00 Inspiration behind Thibault's book "Larger than yourself". 54:11:00 Idiea reader for "Larger than yourself". 56:10:00 Rapid fire. 1:01:38 Thibault's success mantra. 1:03:04 Thibault's favorite reads. 1:05:08 Closing remarks. About TAO.ai[Sponsor]: TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai