How to embrace emotions at work | The Way We Work, a TED series

"You can't just flip a switch when you step into the office and turn your emotions off. Feeling feelings is part of being human," says author and illustrator Liz Fosslien. She shares why selective vulnerability is the key to bringing your authentic self to work.

The Way We Work is a TED original video series where leaders and thinkers offer practical wisdom and insight into how we can adapt and thrive amid changing workplace conventions. (Made possible with the support of Dropbox)

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21 Comments on How to embrace emotions at work | The Way We Work, a TED series

  1. Work ..A place to torture yourself by spending your entire day with people you would never associate with unless you had no other choice.

  2. Emotional or not, authenticity is paramount when you’re trying to make meaningful connections with people. Inside the office or out!

  3. This is great, in and out of the workplace. Recovering “oversharer.” As someone who is looking for new work, perhaps in a new field, I find this very valuable. Clear, concise, solutions oriented communication, delivered after introspection into a situation is invaluable. Thank you.

  4. Aww i missed robot class, “TiMe tO lEaRn” bleep supression is better that acceptance and toleration yesyes fit in work system
    Open up bet you know what to do

  5. If your feelings are interfering with your work, ask your boss to move the deadline down the road. Sounds like a winning strategy. To get replaced that is. If you can’t do the job in the time that others can then you’ll find yourself on the unemployment line.

  6. I live in a workplace where I can’t connect with my team at all. I came from a very different culture, I can communicate sufficiently in english but not that great, we have different interests (food, hobbies, etc) and I just don’t share their jokes and sense of humour at all. It’s torture.

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