Cindy Solomon, a former corporate executive, argues that courage is learnable: taking action despite fear. She worked 7,000 hours over a weekend as a corporate executive and now challenges leaders to speak up, embrace diversity, and build cultures where people actually take risks.
Without further ado, Cindy Solomon. Cindy Solomon. Cindy, the stage is all yours. The world is changing dramatically around us. Disruption is in fact the norm. Everything's a crisis, everything's a number one priority, everybody's gonna die! Courage is the ability to take action in spite of your fear. Courage is simply a skill that can be learned. Hi, my name is Cindy. I'm a recovering corporate executive. Did you work this weekend? I did. I worked 7,000 hours this weekend. Because I care about this company. Your customers are of all types and sizes and genders and races. We have to ask ourselves some tough questions. Do we have the courage To speak up even when it's difficult. If you really want to build a culture of courage in your company, what are you willing to do differently? All of us can be the leaders that we've been waiting for. Thank you so much for coming.
