About this event: TEDxLSE 2022: Brave New World will feature 10 distinguished speakers, both internal and external to LSE, with talks on a huge variety of topics, including: living with deafness, Afghan women's rights, lessons from military service, psychometric testing, the meaning of citizenship, scientific revolutions, wealth inequality, sex workers’ rights, o...

Modern life is full of chance encounters, changing plans, delayed journeys, human errors and other mishaps. What if we could use such unpredictability to our advantage? LSE and New York University professor Dr Christian Busch has spent a decade exploring how, if acted upon, unplanned moments can enhance our worldview, expand our social circles, ...

What would you regret if you were on your deathbed right now? In this talk, New York University professor and author of The Serendipity Mindset, Dr. Christian Busch, discusses that life can be short — and that we might as well focus on the things that are truly meaningful to us. Based on his decade-long research with global leaders, he shows how...

Based on decade-long research at the London School of Economics (LSE) and New York University (NYU), NYU professor and bestselling author of "The Serendipity Mindset", Dr. Christian Busch, shares a science-based framework for cultivating serendipity. Based on exciting stories including potato washing machines and Viagra, he shares practical idea...

We all face tough and uncertain times in our lives. Rather than letting these challenges become roadblocks, if they are approached correctly they can become opportunities to cultivate serendipity.

In 2020, Lexi Monteé unexpectedly faced the toughest period of her life. Fast forward two years and she's living her best life. What happened? In this talk, dot connector and business executive Lexi Monteé and Serendipity Mindset author and NYU professor Christian Busch team up to share how unexpected moments, even "bad" ones, can become inflect...