TEDx Talks

As the world wakes up to our current crises of litter pollution, we are forced to look at the way we live and rethink the solutions we have. Ryan's building a scheme that has been moulded by learning from the behaviours that encourage the problem and applies that knowledge to a solution that's accessible to everyone. With the aim of launching CLEAN hubs in every city of the UK, he is empowering individuals and groups to be the difference they want to see in a cleaner more sustainable environment. Ryan started his journey against litter pollution around two years ago when he began to notice litter along our roads whilst working on the railway up and down the UK. He realised he had to try do something about it and it had to be something everyone could get on board with. Being a town councillor, he aims to work with other councils and community groups in launching his initiative across the UK. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Have you ever shared an idea and received a negative response? Only to feel frustrated when later someone presents the same idea and people love it? My research into how creative ideas are evaluated and gain acceptance explores why some ideas are destined for recognition - and others are not. Sharing stories from my recent fieldwork and research, I'll share how the recognition of creativity is literally a 're-cognition'; as we 'recall to mind' whether an idea fits with our existing social norms. I'll share simple strategies you can use to gain acceptance and overcome resistance for your own ideas. Rachael is Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haydn Green Institute at the University of Nottingham. Her expertise lies at the intersection of innovation, change management and communication and her research centres on addressing how organisations can create and maintain an entrepreneurial and innovative culture. Rachael also teaches Entrepreneurial Creativity and Innovation Management on the Nottingham University Business School's MBA and MSc programmes. Prior to working in Higher Education, Rachael worked in industry for 20 years, supporting executive leaders in managing change and innovation. She has worked with many high profile organisations including the National Health Service, Rolls-Royce, Waitrose, National Grid and the Royal Bank of Scotland and has consulted with SMEs on utilising creativity for business growth funded by the European Regional Development Fund. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In the internet age, where negativity and fear rules, we need to ask: Can a deeper understanding, prevent risky behaviours and harness positive change in our young people? Is the young adult playing with children a predator or someone who cannot interact with their peers due to learning needs? Is the person moving with a gang someone to fear or are they being manipulated for others gain? Is the girl who exhibits risky sexual behaviours to be judged as immoral, or someone who is desperately seeking love and affection? My talk examines whether a shift in social perceptions can impact a young person’s outcome. Lisa is a reintegration support officer at The Pilgrim School; a specialist provision for those with medical needs. Lisa grew up in Cornwall before attending the University of Lincoln to study psychology. Whilst there, she fell in love with a Lincolnshire lad and has made the county her much loved home for the last 17 years. Beginning her career in the Prison Service facilitating a drug rehabilitation programme, by the age of 25 Lisa was one of the youngest managers of the programme in the country. After becoming a mum, Lisa knew she wanted to focus on championing change in young people. She moved into secondary education and set up a pastoral support system in a grammar school in an area of deprivation. In doing so she massively challenged thoughts and attitudes that Grammar schools do not have many pastoral issues. Now working at The Pilgrim School, Lisa specialises in supporting and safeguarding more vulnerable groups of young people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

We’re constantly reminded of the dangers associated with technology. What’s often overlooked is how the growth of technological capabilities is having a huge positive impact on helping to improve the safety of billions around the world. In this talk, Leo explores how advancements in technology are enabling people in developed and developing countries to live safer quotidian lives. Leo founded Tended in 2017 with a mission to create intelligent, accessible and affordable safety solutions that are available to all. He has since grown Tended into an award-winning tech startup and has been named the “most likely person to put Lincolnshire on the map for tech” by CityX. Leo oversees all business activities and has implemented a successful strategy that has allowed Tended to scale at an exponential rate, having grown from just 1 person to 24 in just 20 months, closed £1.4m in funding and secured deals with some of the world’s leading companies and insurance providers. With a passion in tech and business, Leo developed two successful businesses prior to Tended. He has also been involved in various charities and projects, from working on a large EU funded projects, through to managing large teams of volunteers in disaster zones. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

When we think of the future, its one inherent aspect comes to mind: aging, (still a thing, despite the hard work of anti-wrinkle creams and Silicon Valley). In her speech, Lena Wisniewska will talk about the process of psychological and social aging, and an idea for dealing with one of its flaws. My name is Lena and I’m 16 years old. My interests are pretty much all over the place, so they’re difficult to list. I like writing and photography, maths and social sciences. That’s about as precise as I can get. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In her talk, Heidi will explore the value of family & community in the past and present and share her research on loneliness in the UK. She will speak about ways in which our shared experiences, perspectives & small intentional changes to how we choose to live, work & use technology can start to create trends which lead to positive changes, helping us to re-connect with the communities we live in. As part of her talk, she will share the positive impact created by acting on her own need to feel a sense of belonging when she moved into a new street. Heidi De Wolf is a community-focused Cultural Anthropologist, applying her analytical & creative problem-solving expertise to all things culture, group dynamics & behaviours in her work as independent Organisational Development & Change Consultant, as well as in her voluntary work & her own community. She has a keen interest in how the internet, digital technologies & emerging business models are providing more & more opportunities to positively change the way people, communities & businesses can choose to connect/re-connect, collaborate, innovate & make a real difference in the world. She hopes that her talk will provide an alternative perspective on how technology can be an enabler & catalyst for a positive future (#TechForGood). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

A lively and upbeat performance from alt folk duo Happy Hunting. Bridging the gap between Pop and Folk with close harmonies and dark melodies, Lincoln's alternative Folk duo Happy Hunting, features Cat Fullbrook and Josh Reast. Happy Hunting have played in theatres across the UK and in 2017 they made their stamp on the Folk scene by supporting huge Folk stars, Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman. Since releasing their debut EP, Happy Hunting have appeared at several folk festivals throughout the year and have performed at 2018's Great British Folk Festival, alongside artists like Clearwater Creedence Revival, New Celeste and Jon Boden This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Challenges and change are an inevitable part of life and whilst much of the future is uncertain, our capability to live life on our own terms doesn’t have to be. Often, we can’t control what happens to us, but we always, always have choice in how we respond and who we choose to become. As we look to the future how do we emotionally equip ourselves for what is still unknown? This talk shines a light on the importance personal resilience and taking responsibility has in overcoming adversity. It considers the pivotal role schools could play in fostering the ability of children and young people to bounce back, as resilience becomes a growing consideration within education. Through frank insights and reflections into her own experiences of becoming resilient the hard way, Emma shares her thoughts on how things can be different for the adolescents of generations to come. Whatever the future holds. Challenges and change are an inevitable part of life and whilst much of the future is uncertain, our capability to live life on our own terms doesn’t have to be. Often, we can’t control what happens to us, but we always, always have choice in how we respond and who we choose to become. As we look to the future how do we emotionally equip ourselves for what is still unknown? This talk shines a light on the importance personal resilience and taking responsibility has in overcoming adversity. It considers the pivotal role schools could play in fostering the ability of children and young people to bounce back, as resilience becomes a growing consideration within education. Through frank insights and reflections into her own experiences of becoming resilient the hard way, Emma shares her thoughts on how things can be different for the adolescents of generations to come. Whatever the future holds. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

By most measures, many would agree that our current model of leadership in our organisations, institutions and communities appears to be broken. The complexity and intransigence of our current problems – from economic degradation to violently divisive rhetoric to economic disparity and beyond defy easy or pat solutions. We know that the level of thinking that got us to where we are is not the level of thinking now needed. If we are going to make it to the other side of this mess, we need more leaders from all walks of life who embody the commitment, courage and capacity to fight for a liveable future on behalf of all sentient beings. So what kind of leadership does the world now need and where do we find the leaders we seem to want? Paul shares a series of counterintuitive insights drawn from his experiences as a management consultant and his own personal quest to understand himself, what it means to become the leaders we need today and how to encourage them to lead at the next level. The answers we are seeking, as you will hear, are much closer to home than you might think. By most measures, many would agree that our current model of leadership in our organisations, institutions & communities appears to be broken. The complexity & intransigence of our current problems – from economic degradation to violently divisive rhetoric to economic disparity & beyond defy easy or pat solutions. We know that the level of thinking that got us to where we are is not the level of thinking now needed. If we are going to make it to the other side of this mess, we need more leaders from all walks of life who embody the commitment, courage & capacity to fight for a liveable future on behalf of all sentient beings. Paul shares a series of counterintuitive insights drawn from his experiences as a management consultant & his own personal quest to understand himself, what it means to become the leaders we need today & how to encourage them to lead at the next level. The answers we are seeking, as you will hear, are much closer to home than you might think. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Diversity and Inclusion isn’t the latest business fad. It’s not a tick box exercise and it won’t go away! Creating an Inclusive culture should be at the top of the leadership agenda, yet many companies appear to get lost in the rhetoric of inclusion and diversity, launching stand-alone initiatives and mandating training to all in the hope these are enough to bring about change. Yet, despite these good intentions and hard work, changing mind-sets and behaviours is hard. It takes years to unpick or reframe what’s gone before which is why for many the progress is either slow or non-existent. This is when Diversity Fatigue starts to set in. Leaders become tired of promoting initiatives that fail to gain traction, resentment builds amongst managers and employees as they continue to hear promises that fail, and company morale is affected as employees lose hope that the status quo will ever change. This TEDx talk aims to share 5 key steps for helping leaders to overcome and move beyond diversity fatigue. Teresa will share her personal and professional insights into what it takes to create an inclusive workplace culture and how leadership actions can make the workplace better for its people. So, become the envy of your competitors and discover how to overcome and move beyond Diversity Fatigue. Diversity and Inclusion isn’t the latest business fad. It’s not a tick box exercise and it won’t go away! Creating an Inclusive culture should be at the top of the leadership agenda, yet many companies appear to get lost in the rhetoric of inclusion and diversity, launching stand-alone initiatives and mandating training to all in the hope these are enough to bring about change. This is when Diversity Fatigue starts to set in. Leaders become tired of promoting initiatives that fail to gain traction, and resentment builds amongst managers and employees. This TEDx talk aims to share 5 key steps for helping leaders to overcome and move beyond diversity fatigue and create an inclusive workplace culture and how leadership actions can make the workplace better for its people. So, become the envy of your competitors and discover how to overcome and move beyond Diversity Fatigue. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In 1800, for the first time ever, humanity's population reached 1 billion; only 200 years later and there are 7 billion of us. Today we produce enough food to feed 10 billion, global hunger as a percentage of the population is decreasing and caloric intake is increasing. Achieving this has been dependent on our relationship with our planet; how we manipulate it and how it controls us. We have prospered due to revolutions in agriculture and water supply, but these developments come at a cost. Daniel assesses the food and water challenges of the coming century and opportunities to overcome these. Daniel is a geochemist and lecturer in the School of Geography and Centre for Water and Planetary Health at the University of Lincoln. His research focusses on how people interact with the environment chemically; both how the earth's chemistry shapes human lives and how human behaviour effects chemical processes in the environment. In particular, he focusses on understanding nutrient and contaminant processes in soils, rivers and groundwaters. He has published in internationally respected scientific journals and has worked in the UK and Cambodia. He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 2016 where he held the university's President's Doctoral Scholar Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

A beautiful and moving performance from singer/songwriter Ben Simmons. Ben is a singer/songwriter originating from Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Intrigued by the arts at a younger age, he discovered his passion for music when he found his mother's old acoustic guitar in the attic. During his years in higher education studying the performing arts, Ben grew his songwriting with implications of gentle folk and a gritty blues style, drawing inspiration from a selection of favourite artists such as John Mayer, Ed Sheeran, Kaleo and Ben Howard. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

(Contains profanity) Adam is a spoken word poet, actor and all round creative- type born and bred in Lincoln. After almost 10 years of performing and telling other people's stories; Adam took a step into a new world and started creating his own stories to tell as a scriptwriter and incidentally found spoken word poetry by accident. He has been writing and performing his poetry ever since his accidental discovery of rhyme and verse. He tends to focus his writings on the idea that there is much more to living than existing - A mantra he intends to live by. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Governments worldwide have committed to a target of reducing Carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. European countries are aiming to go further and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But the actions governments are collectively taking don’t look like they will be enough to meet their own targets. Matthew Tolley’s talk shows how you can, with your individual choices, have the power to reduce your carbon footprint from around 12 tonnes per year to 2.5 tonnes per year, with little or no lifestyle compromises, and without waiting for governments or businesses to take action. All the steps are simple, actionable and nearly all of them will save money too. Matthew is a qualified Energy Efficiency Assessor for domestic and non-domestic (commercial) buildings. His business helps schools, charities and businesses in particular to save money by shifting to energy saving technologies, focusing on measures with have a payback period of less than 2 years. Governments worldwide have committed to a target of reducing Carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. European countries are aiming to go further and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But the actions governments are collectively taking don’t look like they will be enough to meet their own targets. Matthew Tolley’s talk shows how you can, with your individual choices, have the power to reduce your carbon footprint from around 12 tonnes per year to 2.5 tonnes per year, with little or no lifestyle compromises, and without waiting for governments or businesses to take action. All the steps are simple, actionable and nearly all of them will save money too. Matthew is a qualified Energy Efficiency Assessor for domestic and non-domestic (commercial) buildings. His business helps schools, charities and businesses in particular to save money by shifting to energy saving technologies, focusing on measures with have a payback period of less than 2 years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The future is already here, and we currently spend a lot of time talking to devices and having them reply back to us. I have seen coaches moving into using 3D devices to help people speak in front of an audience that really isn’t there and good speakers understand the process of getting your audience to listen to you. This talk will explore how Artificial Intelligence will impact on the public speaker of the future. Does a speaker need to be on stage or can they stay at home in their slippers while the audience is scattered around the world? What does a live event look like if we are using AI in all its forms to create an event. Will speaking become something that loses its emotional touch and people lose the ability to question and debate. But is this something we really want. To lose the ability to engage through speaking directly to someone who can react to all the nuances that speech involves. The future is already here, and we currently spend a lot of time talking to devices and having them reply back to us. I have seen coaches moving into using 3D devices to help people speak in front of an audience that really isn’t there and good speakers understand the process of getting your audience to listen to you. This talk will explore how Artificial Intelligence will impact on the public speaker of the future. Does a speaker need to be on stage or can they stay at home in the slippers while the audience is scattered around the world? What does a live event look like if we are using AI in all it’s forms to create an event. Will speaking become something that loses its emotional touch and people lose the ability to question and debate. But is this something we really want. To lose the ability to engage through speaking directly to someone who can react to all the nuances that speech involves. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx