Leadership and Making a Movement So ladies and gentlemen, at TED we talk a lot about leadership and how to make a movement So lets watch a movement happen, from start to finish, in under three minutes and dissect some lessons from it First of course you know, a leader needs the guts to stand out and be ridiculed But what he's doing is so easy to follow So, heres his first follower with a crucial role He's going to show everyone else how to follow Now, notice that the leader embraces him as an equal So, now it's not about the leader anymore; it's about them, plural Now, there he is calling to his friends Now, if you notice that the first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in It takes guts to stand out like that. The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leaderLeadership and Making a Movement So ladies and gentlemen, at TED we talk a lot about leadership and how to make a movement. So let's watch a movement happen, from start to finish, in under three minutes... ...and dissect some lessons from it. First of course you know, a leader needs the guts to stand out and be ridiculed. But what he's doing is so easy to follow. So, here's his first follower with a crucial role. He's going to show everyone else how to follow. Now, notice that the leader embraces him as an equal. So, now it's not about the leader anymore; it's about them, plural. Now, there he is calling to his friends. Now, if you notice that the first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. It takes guts to stand out like that. The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader