Name: Learning from leadership's missing manual
Uploaded: 2009-11-18T09:17:00Z
Duration: 16 min 18 s
Description: Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.

Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.

Learning from leadership's missing manual

Real leadership is forged by those who face daunting challenges with humility and vision, not by following a set formula. From a ten-year-old Amazonian paje fighting to save his forest, to a literature professor reshaping HIV/AIDS care in India, to a Chinese collector preserving forgotten histories, change arises when people question their roles and act for their communities. These stories reveal that new models of leadership are vital in a world running out of resources and options. When leaders connect deeply with their context and their people, they offer a blueprint for transformation.