Corporate Anthropology: Michael Henderson at TEDxAuckland 

Cult- sees greatness in themselves Culture- sees greatness for the people

This was my favourite talk when I was at the live event. Probably because it was so relevant to what I see in my day job.

Great talk. I really liked the shapes activity on organisations and where the CEO sits vs a tribe and where the chief sits.

I'm thinking of starting a channel called Ned Talks where I only invite completely unintelligent people to discuss their uninspiring lives.

I've been a part of an organization for almost 20 years now, and as I move through different areas of the organization I can see a HUGE contrast. The distinction between those areas ran more like a cult, and those ran more like a culture, can be seen in the (just like Mr. Henderson said) the language of the people. There are areas where people will tell you how happy they are to come to work (and they usually say things like "It doesn't feel like work." or "I'm getting paid to do what I love."), they understand how important they are to the team, and then in other areas, the way people describe their position makes it sound like they feel more like a number than a person, like they can be easily replaced, like their passion is gone, and if they had a way out that wouldn't cost them to sacrifice their livelihood they would take it without thinking twice. We have to do better.

Gracias

Truth teller.

how can an Anthropologist compare general traditional tribes findings on general organizations? completely out of what Anthropology is about, what is a traditional culture? where, how? which traces are common and how commonality works in that particular context? This is a science that should not create and propagate notions of cultural generalization.​

thanks sir

Correction: "UBUNTU" - umntu ngumuntu ngabantu (you are because of others)

Awesome piece 👍🏾mispronunciation around 14:00 SAs say UBUNTU..sharing=humanity, I am coz we are Totally intrested in Anthro programs at AU 😁👌🏾

I dont find it bizarre at all that Gen Y isnt particularly interested in the "wisdoms" of the elders/previous generations in the west. If we are where we are because our culture was perpetuated through and by them then why would we expect the necessary insight from them on how to redirect it? Some of course, sure. But by and large, in my own experience, no.

“Traditional tribes”... what are you talking about? “Omuntu” is one of thousands of “Bantu” tribal languages reference... ummm, fam, you are making too many assumptions too fast! 🤔

That seems like a misapplication of the Pareto principle. "The theory being that 20% of your people deliver 80% of your results on average." That seems like a mischaracterization. The actual result is 20% of your customers provide 80% of your sales. Not 20% of your salesman produce 80% of your sales. This is why TEDx shouldn't exist. This talk went off the rails at 9 minutes.

Really fell apart at 9 minutes. " Resourcing humans" just means hiring humans, and it's redundant (who else do we hire?), and it sounds like arrogant/glib Tony Robbins self-help gibberish.

what is he talking about 9:20 that is such a mislead, trade is business and trade is as old as us. this guy is a joke