Matthew Syed – författare

''I like listening to people who know things that I don''t,'' Gareth Southgate told me. ''That''s how you learn.'' Former Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed is one of the advisors Gareth Southgate engaged from outside football in order to find new ways of working as a team. In Rebel Ideas, discover how Southgate ''the man with the plan'' replaced 50 years of hurt with two major tournament semi-finals in three years.'' Matthew Syed''s phenomenal book will change the way you think about success - for ever. ''Syed is a superb storyteller. I couldn''t put the book down, and I learned so much. A stunning achievement'' Tim Harford, author of The Undercover EconomistRebel Ideas examines the power of ''cognitive diversity'' - the ability to think differently about the world around us.It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism. It draws on a dazzling range of case studies, including the catastrophic failings of the CIA before 9/11, a fatal communication breakdown on top of Mount Everest and a moving tale of deradicalisation in America''s Deep South.Rebel Ideas will strengthen any team or organisation, but has dozens of individual applications, too: from the art of reinvention to the remarkable benefits of personalised nutrition. It shows us how to become more creative, how to collaborate in a world becoming more interconnected, and how to break free of echo chambers that surround us all.''A gripping read, full of intelligence and perspective'' James Dyson''Will change the way you think about success and even about life'' Judy Murray''A master of the genre'' The Times

What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform?And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? Matthew Syed, the ''Sports Journalist of the Year 2016'', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport. How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.

Matthew Syed examines our collective addiction to entertainment, asking if we’ve been oppressed by mindless content and how we might break free

Forty years ago, Neil Postman’s landmark book Amusing Ourselves to Death compared two dystopian visions – those of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley – and concluded that the latter had proved most prescient. Rather than oppression by Big Brother, humanity was in danger of being overcome by our ‘appetite for distractions’: technologies that tap into our basest instincts, taking away our ability to think and destroying our critical faculties.Postman’s bestseller keyed into society’s fears in the age of cable TV – so how much worse have things got in the age of streaming, Twitter, TikTok and the Metaverse? In this series, broadcaster and award-winning author Matthew Syed explores how we’re now overwhelmed by content and information, and wonders if it is making us less educated and more stupid.Finding the earliest examples of a fear of distraction in ancient texts, historic treatises and archive sound, Matthew compares today’s predicament with solutions from the past, questioning whether our current era really does represent the culmination of Postman and Huxley’s prophecy. If ‘the medium is the message’, is the smartphone the most lethal medium we’ve had? He analyses how consumers, content creators and tech giants contribute to our information overload, and considers why it is in their interest to keep the tap turned on to full. Syed also looks at why our brains reach for escapist content and what’s happening to our bodies when we do so – and asks if it’s possible for us to consume less, but better.Blending provocative analysis with philosophy, storytelling and rigorous journalism, this fascinating series swaps doom-mongering for thoughtful solutions, contemplating the benefits and drawbacks of our technological enhancements and pointing towards a wiser future.Produced by Sam Peach©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Matthew Syed traces the origins and evolution of the word ''woke’Once a watchword for African Americans in the early 1900s, ''woke'' is now used as an insult across the political spectrum, and it has become synonymous with our era of angry debate. As the word has spread, what people mean by it has become less clear than ever. Award-winning journalist and author Matthew Syed is on a mission to uncover the roots of this social phenomenon and, in this series, he follows the evolution of ''woke'' through five key stories.Beginning with the first ever use of ''woke'', which appeared on a 1938 recording by the musician Lead Belly, Syed uncovers what the singer meant when he instructed people to ‘stay woke, keep their eyes open’. Matthew then explores one of the earliest uses of ''woke'' in print, by young Black author William Melvin Kelley in 1962. He goes on to look at #StayWoke and how the use of ''woke'' online exploded in 2014, following the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.Next, Matthew considers how the adoption of ''woke'' at the 2017 Women''s March aided the term''s movement away from Black communities and into the mainstream. In the final episode, he examines the actions of Governor Ron DeSantis, tipped by some to be the next President of the United States. The politician has labelled his state of Florida as ''Where Woke Goes to Die'', and introduced a ''Stop W.O.K.E.'' bill aimed at reducing the spread of identity politics.Has the word become too politically charged? What relationship – if any – does the word ‘woke’ have to its original sense? Syed considers its multiple meanings in this fascinating series that sheds new light on a word that is often used – and often misunderstood.Cast and creditsPresented by Matthew SyedProduced by Sam PeachEpisode 1Featuring Peggy Parks Miller and Kip LornellEpisode 2Featuring Jesi KelleyReadings by Tayla Kovacevic-EbongExcerpts from ‘If You''re Woke You Dig It’ (New York Times, 1962) and ‘Dunfords Travels Everywheres’ by William Melvin KelleyEpisode 3Featuring Johnetta Elzie and Nicole HollidayEpisode 4Featuring Prisca Kim and Aja RomanoEpisode 5Featuring Nicole Holliday, James O''Malley and Prof Matthew GoodwinFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 20-24 February 2023Copyright © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

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