Sep 28, 2026 · 47 min · 14 segments
In this episode, Nick Looby shares insights on effective communication, the impact of technology on human interaction, and how leaders can foster genuine connections in a digital age. Discover…
It was when I was planning to do my first ever TEDx talk and I had a bit of soul searching to do.
Going through this thought process of what is it that i've got realistically got to say that people fully need to understand and it was at kind of that point that it dawned on me that actually i've got stuff i can say that you know be good for people to hear But that's not the same as stuff that you need to say that people need to fully understand.
And it kind of, it started slowly but surely dawning on me saying, well, there's so much stuff out there that you kind of hear very passive, hearing very passive activity, but to get through to someone, you know, kind of right in here.
So they not only understand it, but it resonates with them and they start acting differently.
Because of it, I thought, well, somehow I've got to communicate in a way that massively, massively resonates rather than just, here's some stuff.
One of the ways I chose to do that, and you'll never see anything like this on a TEDx talk, was to play catch with the entire audience.
There's an invite to go seek out the TEDx talk and go, what is he talking about? Yeah, I played catch with the entire audience.
It was bonkers, but beautiful to illustrate the difference between being heard and getting through.
Yeah, I remember watching that.
This sort of area of training and speaking, if I can say leadership and management as sort of an overall topic, I find that sometimes there's so many of the same like sort of topics out there within this area that actually most people might listen to them and not take anything away because there's nothing new.
There's nothing really impactful in what they're saying.
So I really like the distinction.
between the two and how you obviously really thought about how you could get through to people.
That subject, leadership, management, communication, it's so broad and a chance that everyone's heard it, you know, and it's very difficult to differentiate between all that course, that bit of information, that bit of content until you absolutely stop and think.
And so what tools, strategies, techniques do I need that will change the way I do everything from here on in? And that takes a lot of work and a lot of thought.
Definitely.
It was when I was planning to do my first ever TEDx talk and I had a bit of soul searching to do.
Going through this thought process of what is it that i've got realistically got to say that people fully need to understand and it was at kind of that point that it dawned on me that actually i've got stuff i can say that you know be good for people to hear But that's not the same as stuff that you need to say that people need to fully understand.
And it kind of, it started slowly but surely dawning on me saying, well, there's so much stuff out there that you kind of hear very passive, hearing very passive activity, but to get through to someone, you know, kind of right in here.
So they not only understand it, but it resonates with them and they start acting differently.
Because of it, I thought, well, somehow I've got to communicate in a way that massively, massively resonates rather than just, here's some stuff.
One of the ways I chose to do that, and you'll never see anything like this on a TEDx talk, was to play catch with the entire audience.
There's an invite to go seek out the TEDx talk and go, what is he talking about? Yeah, I played catch with the entire audience.
It was bonkers, but beautiful to illustrate the difference between being heard and getting through.
Yeah, I remember watching that.
This sort of area of training and speaking, if I can say leadership and management as sort of an overall topic, I find that sometimes there's so many of the same like sort of topics out there within this area that actually most people might listen to them and not take anything away because there's nothing new.
There's nothing really impactful in what they're saying.
So I really like the distinction.
between the two and how you obviously really thought about how you could get through to people.
That subject, leadership, management, communication, it's so broad and a chance that everyone's heard it, you know, and it's very difficult to differentiate between all that course, that bit of information, that bit of content until you absolutely stop and think.
And so what tools, strategies, techniques do I need that will change the way I do everything from here on in? And that takes a lot of work and a lot of thought.
Definitely.
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