And so one time I was in a beauty salon, and I was trying to decide between two very light shades of pink.

Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.

The salon is set for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 21 in the Salle Moderne at the Art Deco Southwestern School of Law, (formerly Bullocks Wilshire), 3050 Wilshire Blvd.

Manturov said, we have adjusted the form of MAKS International Aerospace Salon for the first time. We recommend China to act as the guest of honor. Our counterparts in China agree and accept our invitation.

Learn more about the history of downtown's Central Library as the Society of Architectural Historians Southern California Chapter hosts a salon with Arnold Schwartzman and Stephen Gee, authors of the new book Los Angeles Central Library A History of its Art and Architecture .

It's a brand new love affair that we're trying to cultivate at MOMA. Together with Adam Bly, who is the founder of Seed magazine that's now a multimedia company, you might know it we founded about a year ago a monthly salon for designers and scientists, and it's quite beautiful.

Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of When China Rules the World, he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become.