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The value of eradicating mental blindness | Gina Badenoch | TEDxSurreyUniversity

1,326 views · Published 7 October 2014 · 16:15 · Indexed 13 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In life we are surrounded by people and yet we are moving so fast we have become mentally blinded by labels and stereotypes which make us bias and limited towards the way we interact with people.
I want to invite society to see the value of eradicating mental blindness to value human potential . By focussing in the story of the person, you get to open lots of doors and opportunities which allow the individual to reach its full potential.
My proposal is to drop the label and start asking why, how and what people do and then you will be able to connect with the authentic person, changing the way people relate, having and impact in the recruitment system within schools and companies who are not asking the right questions to identify the talent.

Gina is a professional photographer and social entrepreneur facilitating stories that aim to eradicate mental blindness in order to value human potential and strengthen human capital. She is focusing on authentic leadership to create solutions to develop and manage talent plus support organisational culture change. she believes that by creating true dialogue, bottom up, there is a better understanding of the roots to problems to be solved. She has been globally recognized for her achievements in this area by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader(YGL), by the Queen with a British Empire Medal (BEM) , as well as by Ashoka as a Fellow Social Entrepreneur. 

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