Name: Tribal leadership
Uploaded: 2009-10-06T01:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 22 s
Description: David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form -- in schools, workplaces, even the driver's license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals.

David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form -- in schools, workplaces, even the driver's license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals.

Tribal leadership

Groups naturally organize into tribes, each with its own culture that determines how people think and act together. Five distinct tribal stages range from despair to world-changing unity, but only two percent of groups ever reach the top. The process that helped unify South Africa after apartheid shows how values-driven tribes can defy history. Moving a tribe upward involves leaders who connect people, speak their language, and nudge them toward shared purpose.