At work, the dreamers often get credit for the big ideas, but they can also sometimes seem untethered to reality to the doers, who are trying to … get things done. It’s when these two types of humans work in harmony that business magic happens, says culture strategist Beth Viner. She lays out a practical blueprint for harnessing the dreamer’s out-of-the-box thinking and the doer’s practicality, showing why it’s the key to building, growing and innovating in any relationship or organization.
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@ericdanielski4802
December 21, 2023 at 4:37 pm
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@LaBellaLuna22
December 21, 2023 at 4:39 pm
I guess you could say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
@Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
December 21, 2023 at 4:45 pm
Doer… I’m so busy doing
I just read the title n made a comment
Preeeeeeeerrrrnnn
Out of here
I’m back.. mom n dad say i started 1st business @ 10
Shoveling neighbors walkways.. only thing i ran aroumd booked the houses 1st ( before my 14 yr old competitors) and hired 8 yr olds to help ( which i did not split up the profits evenly.)
And now I’m 53
Retired at 47 from real work.. now i kinda do some stuff but… fun is priority
@Blackheathenly
December 21, 2023 at 8:02 pm
What a thrilling life.
@hattiequinn3516
December 21, 2023 at 4:52 pm
I love Lola.
@leewerner4831
December 21, 2023 at 4:53 pm
GET IN THE PIT!!!
@Chris-kr7gg
December 21, 2023 at 4:56 pm
I do both!
@user-kv6yk1nj1t
December 21, 2023 at 5:01 pm
Doer and dreamer together 😊
@user-zw5tf7zg9u
December 21, 2023 at 5:21 pm
Amazing ❤❤❤❤
@sophiaisabelle000
December 21, 2023 at 5:35 pm
A dreamer’s magic and a doer’s realism makes all the difference. No doubt this will continue to generate more and more brand new concepts to be floating around.
@lycantrique3570
December 21, 2023 at 7:14 pm
dreamer next question
@KingFuYouTube
December 21, 2023 at 7:45 pm
One thing in common is they’re both broke
@Malavander
December 21, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Always be skeptical of attempts to define things in binary terms. Human behavior is so much more astronomically complex than this. Generations from now, I hope we have a much deeper understanding of the myriad axes and spectra our brains exist on than these sorts of tidy narratives.
@maxkopfraum
December 21, 2023 at 8:49 pm
Unless you’re a doer, you’ll never get a dreamer job.
@elin_
December 21, 2023 at 9:27 pm
I’m too much of a dreamer, and too little of a doer.
@nexgen-3d-printing
December 21, 2023 at 9:53 pm
In both, I’m dream it, and then using the power of CAD, experience and a 3D printer I bring it to reality 🙂
@nexgen-3d-printing
December 21, 2023 at 9:53 pm
I’m both, I dream it, and then using the power of CAD, experience and a 3D printer I bring it to reality 🙂
@kevinhanley3023
December 21, 2023 at 10:47 pm
I’m both.
@jimhrelb2135
December 21, 2023 at 10:56 pm
All fun and game until the dreamer and the doer doesn’t have a sane language – non-technical techlead + junior dev.
@user-ui2fw9hv5y
December 21, 2023 at 11:04 pm
I have a dream is to be an inventor
@francesbernard2445
December 21, 2023 at 11:07 pm
Who can be a doer all of the time no matter what the context?
@someone7940
December 22, 2023 at 12:10 am
Save Gaza’s children
@transfersuperstars
December 22, 2023 at 2:44 am
I’m a dreamer
@herbbert82
December 22, 2023 at 7:06 am
As a dreamer, i coldn´t follow her “fairy-tale” like storytelling. It was too unnatural in the presentation. there was no energy that catch my interest.
@SPITFIYAHproductions
December 22, 2023 at 7:30 am
But what’s the point of my high-conceptualism ADHD if my autistic boss gets angry?
@LA-MJ
December 22, 2023 at 7:35 am
How much managerial jargon and buzzwords do you want in this talk? Yes
@somethingaboutQwerty
December 25, 2023 at 10:09 am
Seriously. Felt like an HR presentation
@paperpepper33
December 22, 2023 at 8:51 am
🎉🎉🎉
@Russianlanguage
December 22, 2023 at 11:11 am
Amazing! I’m a dreamer😊
@Alex-cd3lr
December 22, 2023 at 3:11 pm
I’m a chiller man, I like to lay down dude, I’m so eepy, the biggest eeper around man, oh boy im snoozing, let me kick back and chiiiillll
@robertjamesonmusic
December 22, 2023 at 4:25 pm
ted talks keep gettin worse and worse
@danj1072
December 22, 2023 at 7:36 pm
I always have to be cautious not too crush dreamer’s dreams with realism.
@YourMom-cu8yt
December 23, 2023 at 12:13 am
TED talks have become a platform for the oligarchs talking heads. Nothing of substance is talked about. It’s just, “serve your masters and make them money for this reason and that reason and because you’re a doer and a dreamer now go to work and don’t pay attention to the larger picture because we are super serious business people. Cash, productivity, growth, investors, influencers, startups, buy stuff, put it in your body, products, consume, yum yum yum.”
@estherpsalms2249
December 23, 2023 at 7:50 am
I m a dreamer 100% 😂
@brunoumoffia6098
December 23, 2023 at 3:17 pm
Awesome! This is just awesome 👏
@user-xd5tp4rx5f
December 24, 2023 at 2:54 pm
How many stories are about being stuck somewhere for a long time
@sweealamak628
December 25, 2023 at 10:03 am
I’m a doer because I can’t rely on anyone else to fulfil my dreams.
@somethingaboutQwerty
December 25, 2023 at 10:11 am
Genuinely might’ve been the worst TED talk presentation I’ve watched. Felt like watching an HR orientation