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14 minutes
[ Health ]
How Paper Tools will Change the World
When it comes to innovations that will change the world, shouldn’t we consider how many hands will have access to them? Check out this brilliant talk from Manu Prakash, one of the remarkable brains behind the paper technologies of the future that will revolutionize how we think about science!
18 minutes
[ Perception ]
Big Data Might Help Us All Come Together!
By Dr. Lynda
What if our starting point in problem-solving could be without conflict? Here’s what the future holds for addressing everything from litter to child mortality, from crime to math literacy!
9 minutes
[ Art ]
Into the Mind of an Artist
The artist’s mind is always an interesting place to walk through, but where it can bring us can be quite beautiful. Let’s go on this journey today with sculptor, Dustin Yellin to see what’s possible when we break down the boxes that separate us!
23 minutes
[ Business ]
Navigating the Most Effective Way to Give
By Dr. Lynda
Ready for a transforming experience? Today’s article will up-end your old notions about charity, and then totally empower you to evaluate the charities you give to!
13 minutes
[ Business ]
Why Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength
Why do we feel embarrassed to ask for help? The wonderful (and hilarious) TED Speaker Michele L. Sullivan helps us reframe our perspective on asking for help, and how it all starts with having a little more compassion!
15 minutes
[ Business ]
The Gift in 100 Days of Rejection
By Dr. Lynda
If you love TED Talks, you will enjoy this one! We can all connect with Jia Jiang’s story, and then he turns the topic of rejection into terrific humor and great insight!
8 minutes
[ Business ]
How to Suddenly Thrive from Listening Better
By Dr. Lynda
What if one day we all woke up and recognized the potential of listening better? What would dinner conversation, the news, science, and politics look like if we listened to understand, not to get ready to make our next point?
17 minutes
[ Creativity ]
OK Go: How to FIND Your Next Great Idea!
By Dr. Lynda
OK Go – arguably the most wildly creative force in music videos – can teach us all a lot about getting to our next great idea. Turns out most of us have been going about things backward!
21 minutes
What Optical Illusions Tell Us About “Reality”
By Dr. Lynda
Take a break for something truly jaw-dropping and enormously fun. Here’s one of the best interactive TED Talks you’ll ever see!
14 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
A Drug Free Approach to Depression and Melancholy!
By Dr. Lynda
Science is vastly improving our options when it comes to depression. Here’s a very insightful TED Talk that might put a spring in your step, literally and figuratively!
15 minutes
[ Business ]
Looking for More Time in Your Day?
We could all use a few extra hours in our day, but what if those extra hours are already there? Here’s a different perspective on time management.
56 minutes
Going Beyond the Limits of Our Senses
By Dr. Lynda
Did you know that science has opened many new doors recently on how we can all augment the reach of our 5 senses? Here’s some fascinating examples!
11 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
The Magic of the Washing Machine
After seeing this TED Talk you will never look at your washing machine in the same way again! It’s time we celebrated this amazing technology!
6 minutes
Why is Mt. Everest So Massive?
By Dr. Lynda
Is there some unseen force that compels a thousand people each year to risk their lives climbing Everest? Here’s more reason to behold Everest with awe!
18 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
A Positive Perspective on Population Growth
By Dr. Lynda
Fascinating – maybe positive – math on the subject of population growth!
13 minutes
[ Design ]
What do pirates, nurses, and Buckminster Fuller have in common?
What do pirates, nurses, and Buckminster Fuller have in common? They are the rebel designers of history who show us what the future of design may start to look like!
14 minutes
[ Animals ]
Solving Old Problems by Studying New Species
How can studying new species lead to a brighter future? Here’s a great reminder that inspiration is all around us, we just have to search for connections!
9 minutes
[ Design ]
The Playful History of Innovation
How is the flute the great-grandfather of the computer? Here’s a look at the playful history of innovation to give you a little perspective for the future!
19 minutes
[ Art ]
The JUSTICE LEAGUE of Dance: Superheroes of Movement
By Dr. Lynda
Many people might say they are not sports fans, or superhero buffs, or followers of dance. But today we point you to a group that combines all three in a jaw-dropping way!
27 minutes
[ Culture ]
Skateboarding for Peace in Afghanistan
By Dr. Lynda
The most remarkable innovations often happen with sweeping speed, when someone puts things together in a novel way. See how amazing hope and education have lurched forward through skateboarding in Afghanistan!
11 minutes
[ Business ]
What If Our Worldview Has Been Inexorably Filtered?
By Dr. Lynda
Do you have someone in your life who you just can’t relate to anymore–a co-worker or family member–because your worldviews are miles apart? Here’s something HUGE to consider!
17 minutes
[ Business ]
What if We Could Avoid the Perils of a Single Story?
By Dr. Lynda
Recently I’ve been catching myself and others drawing huge conclusions from a single, compelling story. Sound familiar? Let an amazing TED speaker point us in a better, richer direction!
19 minutes
[ Business ]
How to Spot a Liar at a Glance!
By Dr. Lynda
Imagine how different life would be if most of us could spot deception at a glance? Turns out there is some amazing science to help us do that! Take a look!
28 minutes
[ Business ]
Amateurs Making Our Lives Better: Planning 2017
By Dr. Lynda
People who have changed the world often started out as complete amateurs. Some of their stories are absolutely fabulous! Let’s give this whole “trying new things” some thought through the lens of remarkable amateurs.
17 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
The Key to the Search for Happiness
By Dr. Lynda
In our quest for happiness, could we be starting from the wrong place. Today’s EWC thought leaders takes us through a way of thinking that might be the key to happiness! See what you think!
22 minutes
[ Business ]
Can We “Fix” the Problem with News?
By Dr. Lynda
How does the “news” effect our biases, or vice versa? Can we create a better world if we are all in our biased corners? Here’s a way forward…
12 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
Innovators to the End: Mushroom Burial Suits!
By Dr. Lynda
Ingenious people are always the ones dragging culture forward. It is time to start innovating when it comes to death. How about a mushroom burial suit!
10 minutes
[ Art ]
The Wild Potential of Embracing Our Limitations
By Dr. Lynda
What if embraced our limitations? What possibilities might we discover if we just owned them and let them force us to get creative. We might actually find possibilities we would never have discovered. Take a look at how remarkable this mindset can be!
23 minutes
[ Education ]
Let’s Celebrate All Kinds of Minds!
What if we took the time to celebrate and nurture the many different ways we see the world? Here’s a TED Talk to remind us that the world needs all kinds of minds!
