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Ideas that strengthen leaders, teams, and cultures.

BLG shares research-informed, practical ideas for the everyday work of leading people and shaping culture. Explore a curated set of talks to spark useful conversation and action with your team. Every Monday morning we refresh this page with three new featured videos to help you launch the week.

This week's talks

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Curated conversation-starters for leadership and culture work. Use a talk to open reflection, ask a better question, or connect an idea to practice. Links open on TED or YouTube; this selection is not an endorsement of every claim.

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Bring one question to the conversation: What could this idea change in how we lead, collaborate, or design the conditions for people to do their best work?

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Featured talks · Refreshed November 9, 2026

This week's trio

01 Strategy / Ideas

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

Lens: Breakthrough ideas rarely arrive as sudden flashes. They grow from slow hunches shared across dense networks of people.
Why it matters for BLG: Leaders who connect people and protect space for unfinished ideas create the clarity and collaboration strategy actually needs.

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02 Teamwork / Character

John Wooden: The difference between winning and succeeding

Lens: Success is not the scoreboard. It is peace of mind from knowing you made the full effort to become your best.
Why it matters for BLG: Teams that model character and dependable effort build cultures that last longer than any single win.

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03 Service / Meaning

Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile

Lens: A hotelier who measured happiness as carefully as revenue found that meaning and belonging drive the business results that matter.
Why it matters for BLG: Connecting people to purpose at work turns service from a script into care guests and teammates can feel.

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