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Tuesday 21st February 2012
This is a brilliant TED talk by Angela Lee Duckworth, about the importance of perseverance, or what she calls grit. The video makes a great scientific case for sticking with a field, rather than drifting or flitting from job to job, or activity to activity.
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Tuesday 22nd November 2011
I found this mini TED talk recently, about how doodling helps you process information and think creatively. It's less than six minutes long, but makes a great case for encourage doodling at work, in meetings, when you are stuck...(Anywhere, really.)
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Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Recently I came across this TED talk by Steven Johnson, talking about where good ideas come from, spaces and places that foster creativity. Inspiring talk. Well worth the investment of 17.46 minutes of your time. I promise.
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Tags: creativity, ted
Monday 18th July 2011
I found this mini TED talk recently, about how to spread ideas in an innovative way. It's only a few minutes long, but really made me think about the power of a simple, tailored idea.
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Sunday 23rd January 2011
Would you rather be comfortable...or achieve your full potential? You can't have both. A great TED talk from Peter Bregman.
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Wednesday 9th June 2010
Four years ago, English creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson argued in his first talk for TED that we don't get the best out of people because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies - far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity - are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. 'We are educating people out of their creativity,' he said.
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Tags: creativity, ted
