TED Talks are recognizable conferences and lectures that provide free influential videos from expert speakers on topics such as education, business, science, tech, and creativity. If you’re a professional currently working from home, chances are you might be lacking creativity or productivity.

You might be currently looking for a way to get back into the game, and TED Talks offer thousands of free videos to appease any professional. Below, we’ve chosen four TED Talks professionals should watch this month.

Must Watch TED Talk #1

First of all, we’ll kick off with one of TED Talks’ 25 most popular talks of all time. It’s “The Happy Secret to Better Work,” with CEO of Good Think Inc, Shawn Achor. He explains that many people believe that we need to work harder in order to be happy, but then he asks – are we thinking about things backwards?

Shawn Achor says that: “We’ve pushed happiness over the cognitive horizon, as a society. And that’s because we think we have to be successful, then we’ll be happier. But our brains work in the opposite order.” He goes onto say that a happy brain performs significantly better than an unhappy, or stressed one, and then intelligence, creativity, and energy rise. It’s a good way to rewire our brains about how we think about business.

Must Watch TED Talk #2

Ernesto Sirolli is a sustainable economic development expert who, in the 1970s, did aid work in Africa. In his not-to-be-missed TED Talk, ‘Want to Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen!,” he explains how to really listen to the people you’re trying to help.

“You can change the culture and the economy of [a] community just by capturing the passion, energy, and imagination of your own people.” His TED Talk acknowledges the problems faced when one doesn’t realize there’s a problem because they never thought to ask, and can really help in how we think about interacting with clients and coworkers.

Must Watch TED Talk #3

Next up is Simon Sinek’s model for inspirational leadership. “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” is another of TED Talks’ 25 most popular videos of all time. The video has surpassed well over 31 million views and delivers a great message on how great leaders inspire action, and has case studies from Apple, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Wright brothers.

The motivational speaker and marketing consultant maps out a very a simple “golden circle” of “What? How? And why?” He maps consumer decision-making to neuroscience and shows the biological causes of behaviors and responses including the impacts of belief on decision-making.

Must Watch TED Talk #4

Last but not least is management consultant and diversity researcher Rocío Lorenzo’s video “How Diversity Makes Teams More Innovative.” He asks – are diverse companies really more innovative? 171 companies were surveyed to find the answer, and according to Rocío and her team, the answer is yes.

The talk dives into the data and explains how companies all around the world can begin to produce fresher, more creative ideas by treating diversity as a competitive advantage. “More diverse companies are more innovative. Period.”

Do you regularly listen to TED Talks? How useful do you find them and what other TED Talks should professionals watch this month?