What clowns can teach you about vulnerability in leadership | Michaud Garneau | TEDxWilsonPark

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The role of the clown is to connect with the audience. Their role is to build trust, build understanding and reflect back to the audience what they see through their own absurdity. The role of the clown is to laugh at themselves, to take risks, to show what is possible. At the core of the clown is the ability to show the deep vulnerability in ourselves so that others can see themselves there too. The clown is stripped bare, put on a platter and lies there, unashamed because that’s what we all look like when we take our masks off