Derek Silvers gave this short talk at the 2010 TED conference. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

If you’ve learned about leadership and making a movement, then you’ll find this interesting as a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes:

If you want to read the full transcript, it is available on Derek Silvers’ web site.

I found it interesting that it was the first follower who transformed “an odd ball” into a leader. After all, there is no movement (or leader) without the first follower. 

So much focus is placed on leadership, but as Derek shares, “The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow. When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.

How will you lead today? What do you care so much about that you are willing to follow someone doing something remarkable?

Create a great week!