#TEDxKoenigsallee, #OutsideTheBubble

As promised a more detailed summary of the TEDx event from yesterday. Just the key messages I did capture for me personally. If you are interested in more details, check the URL I share for every speaker.

Main theme was #OutsideTheBubble, how to best leave or extend your comfort zone. The organization team did it by not exactly following the distributed agenda on the left 😉.

It started with Leander Govinda Greitemann, a Live Philosopher, Speaker and Trainer,  https://www.linkedin.com/in/leandergreitemann/ 

• Our Brain: Filter bubble machine, computer between our ears
• 40% of what we do every day is based on automated patterns
• He was talking about Neuroplasticity, Default Mode Network DMN and Direct Experience Network DEN
• You should use the space between stimulus and your standard response for new stuff, to get Outside your Bubble

Next was Christopher Patrick Peterka, a Futurist & Entrepreneur with his 2019 vision about borders between countries, https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherpeterka/ 

• With our birth we are declared to be the member of a community
• But we are living in a VUCA normality now and companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook put us on drugs, our own hormones
• Alternative community/country approaches are:
  • D9 Leading Digital Governments, https://leadingdigitalgovs.org/
  • e-estonia citizenship, https://e-resident.gov.ee/
  • Free Republic of Liberland, https://liberland.org/en/about
  • Republic of responsible optimists, https://medium.com/@THEHUSinstitute/we-launched-a-digital-republic-56a6e7b75255
• Small changes can have big impact - Be a Trimtab to initiate a change -https://marksinthesand.com/2013/10/15/call-trim-tab-influence/ 

Rozita Shojaei gave a very personal insight about her bubbles and the bubbles other people are building around her, https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozita-shojaei-25421115a/. Followed by Wilrieke Sophia and her talk about Intimacy,  https://www.exploringdeeper.com/about-me/. After the break the 2nd part started off with a Taiko Performance, https://www.wadokyo-taiko.de/  

Followed by Friederike Fabritius a Neuroscientist, https://www.fabulous-brain.com/ 

• 2/3 of the working people are stressed or bored at the job
• The Brain is a lazy couch potato and needs Fun, Fear and Focus to reach peak performance
• Dopamin - real brain booster, released by fun
  • Have fun at work
  • Fun his highly individual
• Fear: Slightly overchallenged, wake up call for the brain
  • Sensation seaker
  • Get the little kick you need
• Focus: Highlight, spotlight
  • Nobody is texting while walking over broken glass
  • With the right level of fun and fear, focus will follow naturally 

Next Dr. Christoph Guertler, Head of Catalysis & Technology Incubation,  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-g%C3%BCrtler-a147bb3/, who is in the final round of the Deutsche Zukunftspreis with his team, see https://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/team-1-2019.

Followed by Dr. Ljiljana Fruk from the University of Cambridge,  https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/directory/ljiljana-fruk

• Embracing the science of small things to fight a very agressive cancer
• Cross functional teams are required to design new drugs with more focused results using nanotechnology
• Making nano carriers out of the right material, using tracking devices controlled by mobile phones

The day was closed with a talk from Dr. Ben Hartwig: The Science Trainer,  https://neuroblitz.de/en/home/ 

• He moved his bubble from science to improvisation theater
• We are feeling stressed, when an expectation is not met
• The concept of resilience is the power to bounce back - you can either be a soft ball or a tin can
• You can change your story by somebody believing in you - "You can sing, it does not sound good yet, but you can practice"
• There are no mistakes, there are different choices and opportunities
• Relaxation is fundamental for improvisation theater, give yourself permission to relax
• Never break under pressure, always be ready to play - between active and passive is PLAY
• Try to answer YES AND more often --> it takes ideas and builds on them

In summary a really great afternoon and program, looking forward to next year 2020  #TEDxKoenigsallee