Explaining Complex IdeasHome / Explaining Complex Ideas Capture Your Flag. (2014, January 9). Simon Sinek on How To Simplify Concepts So You Can Teach Them [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4PGwQU-1Yc&feature=emb_logo Key Takeaways: Get to know your audience Give plenty of examples and context Keep your language simpleExplain ideas to a “lay person”, someone not in the field Examples in Action: Examples from Bill and Melinda Gates