The chilling effect of cultural silence | Eimear Nolan | TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin

I recently stood in a boardroom in front of a group of Irish senior executives and I asked a question I've asked many times before and that was what does it mean to be Irish? Now generally a huge big lively debate takes place in the room but this time I was greeted with silence. So I probed a little bit further and I said,"Well, what norms and values and beliefs do you associate with being Irish. " Again, silence. Now, I'm good with silence, which is a good thing. So, I waited quite a while and eventually s ...