TEDxSingapore - So-Young Kang - What are the masks you wear? December 27, 2011

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So-Young Kang is Catalyst, Founder & CEO of Awaken Group, a global leadership development and organizational experience design firm. She is passionate about transforming the world through inspiring and developing "human, creative, adaptive" leaders. She and her team design organizations, how people interact with each other, and work with individuals to better align what's inside with what's on the outside to develop innovative solutions and create beautiful experiences. So-Young is passionate about integrating East-West values and mindsets and has traveled around the world to observe, listen, experience, and be transformed so that she, in turn, can catalyze sustainable change. She loves investing in youth and founded The Young Professionals' Group in 2000, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students achieve their professional dreams. This non-profit, just expanded into Singapore, rewards character over grades and focuses on providing financial support and advice from a highly accomplished global network of advisors. She loves new ideas and new ventures and is excited to have joined the TED Community in 2009. So-Young is an avid snowboarder, scuba diver, explorer, musician, creative and vulnerable human. Be gentle.

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