[Applause] So again uh welcome everyone. This topic is uh very near and dear to my heart and I'm very excited to talk to you today on why I believe and hopefully you will too after I'm done cultural competence should be the new DEI. Think for a moment.Think about a time when you felt truly seen. Not just acknowledged, but deeply understood. A time when your unique perspective wasn't just tolerated, but actively sought out and valued.Your opinion mattered. How did you feel. Did you feel empowered, liberated, ...

Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality. That was one of the opening lies in the science fiction series Westworld posed to Dolores, an AI powered robotic and the main female character who later developed human consciousness. So I ask you, have you ever questioned the nature of your reality.That involves having human consciousness, understanding your identity, and asserting your self authority to write your own life story rather than allowing others to program it for you. Today, AI is evolving at ...

Before October 7th of 2023, have any of you ever confused Palestine with Pakistan, whether in Chinese or English. They're pretty similar, aren't they. When I first returned to Hong Kong after volunteering in Palestine for half a year back in 2022, I was startled by the sheer number of people who did.But perhaps it is understandable. Many schools in Hong Kong probably would not have offered an introduction to the Middle East throughout 12 years of education. Mine did not.And the Middle East does not figure m ...

When I was 24, I boughted a prank from Japan with the intention of spending one year in the United State to learn more about American education. I had been a preschool teacher in Japan, but I was disappointed with the culture of teaching. I was inspired by American diversity, its cultures, its ideas, its possibilities.But I wasn't prepared for the challenges that followed. New language, new systems, a sense of not belonging. But through those early years, I kept coming back to one thing, the children.Teachi ...

[Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] 14 years ago, that piano piece changed my entire life. I was sitting in a movie theater watching the movie Intouchables. I'm sure most of you have seen it. Beautiful movie. I love the movie. Beautiful storyline. All the actors, super emotional. I loved everything about it. But it was something else that moved me the most. It was the music. The music by Ludovviko and Audi that was just so so touching and inspiring for me that I thought, "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do e ...

How many of you have been to the biggest of hotels in India. Rison, Marriott, Taj, Oroy, everybody expected. Okay.How many of you have interacted with the housekeeping staffs there. Everybody expected. Why.What do they do. They clean your toilets. They bring food to your room.They do the laundry. And you have interacted with them. Now imagine somebody of that, you know, somebody of that stature thinking that enough is enough.I want to dream big now, probably bigger than this. But he's 30. He's married.He's ...

[Music] A very warm good morning to everybody. The previous speaker was unlocking the musician in you. I will attempt to unlock the leader in you.My understanding of leadership is based on my four decade journey in the Indian Army. what I have learned and what the Indian Army has taught me. Leadership like music is something which is there in each one of us waiting to be unlocked.We are all looking outwards not realizing leadership lies within. You have to unlock that potential. Another thing about leadersh ...

Imagine a world where people are doing something they are really passionate about even without worrying about name, fame or money. They're constantly driven by a thought of impacting millions of lives through their actions. Their lives are filled with lot of contentment.No worries at all. Now think of the another world where people are constantly worried about their job, their office, their bosses. The month end salary credit message followed by a lot of messages of debiting their account for EMIs, EMIs and ...

[Music] [Music] [Applause] So, when I was in eighth grade, I read my mom's faded copy of I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings by Maya Angelo. I was in Puerto Rico on spring break, worried about getting a sunburn and the amount of money I would be spending on souvenirs before we left the island. As I sat by the pool and read Angela's words, I began to consider the obvious disparities between my current moment and the words on the page.As a black girl growing up in the deep south without her parents, Maya faces imm ...

[Music] Hi, I had failed in my undergrad. To cope up this failure, writing became my coping mechanism. On one such night, I used this magical book to point down the topics that I want to talk on TEDex.While retrospecting this behavior of mine, why I did not write I want to be in TED TEDex or I want to talk in TEDex. Rather, I was already playing a character which made me to point on all this topic. And today here I am.I'm still figuring out what to believe in in God, parents, blessing, manifestation, univer ...