Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries,
Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals
and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed
to get through them.
When Luna was invited to
take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to
give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to
outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one
many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family
getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and
arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as
connected to her upbringing because it gave
her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises.
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