{"id":342,"date":"2025-11-06T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/leadership\/?p=342"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:00:40","slug":"how-great-leaders-inspire-action-simon-sinek-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/leadership\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"How Great Leaders Inspire Action | Simon Sinek | TED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qp0HIF3SfI4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Visit http:\/\/TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.<\/p>\n<p> Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question &#8220;Why?&#8221;  His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers &#8212; and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price) appeared to be struggling.<\/p>\n<p>The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world&#8217;s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). 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