# How fiction can help us better understand our reality

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- Speaker: Christian Wickert
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christian_wickert_how_fiction_can_help_us_better_understand_our_reality)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When you work for a corporation, confronted with negotiations and deals, what can fiction teach you? Christian Wickert believes writing fiction can sharpen your perceptions, help you understand others' motivations and ultimately make you better at your job. In this fascinating talk, he explains three ways creative writing improved his business skills and positively impacted his career.

## Lectures

1. [How fiction can help us better understand our reality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christian_wickert_how_fiction_can_help_us_better_understand_our_reality/ff7348de9636), 11 min (TED's player)