How Great Leaders Break Through Resistance | Sangbreeta Moitra | TEDxUniversiteitVanAmsterdam

Imagine this hall is a bank and we're in the midst of a bank robbery. There's a scary criminal with a Kalashnikov and he yells, "Get down everyone. We are now hostages." The phone rings. It's the police, a hostage negotiator.The criminal says, "I want $500 million, a plane with a full tank in four hours or everyone in here dies." Can you imagine what that negotiator is up against. They have to convince this dangerous criminal, "Yeah, you're not getting $500 million. You're not getting a plane. None of that. ...