# How distributed work can unlock your potential

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2024
- Speaker: Avani Prabhakar
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/avani_prabhakar_how_distributed_work_can_unlock_your_potential)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The option to work from home means that work truly works for everyone, says Avani Prabhakar, chief people officer of a large tech company. She explains how flexibility and asynchronous collaboration in a distributed workplace can unlock diverse global talent, level the playing field for introverts and actually increase productivity — without damaging company culture. (Made in partnership with Atlassian)

## Lectures

1. [How distributed work can unlock your potential](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/avani_prabhakar_how_distributed_work_can_unlock_your_potential/b78e32403c00), 11 min (TED's player)