The Future of Sabbaticals: Todd Babiak at TEDxEdmonton

Todd Babiak is co-founder of Story Engine, a company that uses story-based strategies to make organizations, governments and leaders better: more focused, more cohesive, more influential, more human. He has published four award-winning novels, three of them bestsellers: Choke Hold, The Garneau Block, The Book of Stanley and Toby: A Man. His fifth novel, Come Barbarians, will be published in September, 2013 by HarperCollins. He writes for film and television and he's on several volunteer boards, including Startup Edmonton and the Alliance Francaise. About TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)