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Simon Sinek: Why Leaders Eat Last

99U · talk · Watch on YouTube

Management, leadership & organizationsPsychology & human behavior

What it is

Simon Sinek's 99U talk on why leaders earn trust by putting their team's safety ahead of their own, drawing on biology and anthropology. It distills the ideas of his book Leaders Eat Last into about 46 minutes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as a quick way to get the key concepts of the book and as an introduction to leadership thinking.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “this lecture was an eye opener for me”

    Explains how biological signals can be gamed for short-term benefit.

    ivoras, 2016-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The Refragmentation”

  2. “watching talks by the authors, which give you the key concepts from the book in an hour”

    Talk gives the key concepts of the book in an hour.

    anarchitect, 2014-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Dev promoted to more strategic role in startup. What literature?”

  3. “I think the talks by Simon Sinek are pretty interesting, and he has a lot to say on leadership”

    Interesting Sinek talk on leadership.

    cbcoutinho, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Any YouTube channel/video on leadership?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: simon sinek, trust, team dynamics, management, biology of leadership

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