TED is, to put it simply, amazing. They’re known for sharing short, brilliant journeys full of insights from thousands of great people around the world. To make it easier to dive into their ever-expanding idea archive, we’ve collected a few of our favorite must-see TED talks below!
Once you’ve enjoyed these, make sure you explore our ever-expanding collection!
18 minutes
[ Business ]
Secrets to the “Happiness Advantage” at Work
By Dr. Lynda
Want to be happier at work? Solid science predicts we actually control 90% of our happiness and only 10% is related to our circumstances! Today, Shawn Anchor tells us how to nurture the “happiness advantage” in our work and home. Amazing!
10 minutes
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!
18 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
Rewilding: How Wolves Radically Change Rivers
By Dr. Lynda
Author George Monbiot has coined a new term – “rewilding” – which may be the key to finding balance with the natural world. You won’t believe the dramatic improvements that nature can manage for itself, once key species are reintroduced. Fascinating!
17 minutes
[ Business ]
Karen Thompson: What Fear Can Teach Us!
By Dr. Lynda
DO NOT MISS THIS! If you are turning your back on all the fear and malice in the news media these days, this TED Talk is a really fun and “game-changing” insight! (We use it almost every day)
17 minutes
[ Art ]
Painting in a Pool of Milk?
By Dr. Lynda
From the earliest cave paintings, humanity has been refining the artistic impulse by experimentation and in today’s article, Alexa Meade takes innovation to another level.
22 minutes
[ Animals ]
Paul Nicklen’s “Tales of an Ice-bound Wonderland”
By Dr. Lynda
Astonishing stories and very funny!.. National Geographic’s Paul Nicklen, has quite a story from swimming with a particularly “caring” arctic leopard seal for 3 days!
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!
9 minutes
[ Business ]
Hilarious James Veitch: Scamming an Email Scammer!
By Dr. Lynda
What would happen if you replied to an email scam in your inbox? Comedian James Veitch decided one day to find out. The story that ensues is very funny and revealing!
11 minutes
[ Curators' Best ]
It Can All Change In An Instant (For The Better!)
By Dr. Lynda
Ric Elias was on board “the Miracle of the Hudson,” the US Airways flight that was set to crash before a heroic safe landing by Captain Sully. Learn what went through Elias’ mind as the doomed plane went down in the icy water. It is a gift to all of us!
15 minutes
Living Beyond Expectations: Daniel Kish
By Dr. Lynda
Despite not having eyes, Daniel Kish has taught himself to “see” with a human “eco-location” and he is teaching others. His story is a remarkable testament to what happens when we never get the memo about things that are “impossible” and instead make what we have work for us!
14 minutes
[ Business ]
The Best Way to Improve the World Around Us
By Dr. Lynda
Here is a TED Talk that could be a prescription for solving many of the world’s most vexing problems! What if we emulated some of the quirkier characteristics of the most original thinkers and idea people?
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!
14 minutes
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 TED Talk from Manu Prakash, one of the remarkable brains behind the paper technologies of the future that will revolutionize how we think about science!
20 minutes
[ Curators' Best ]
Aimee Mullins’ 12 Pairs of Legs
By Dr. Lynda
Aimee Mullins became an athletic phenomenon in 1996 when she smashed several world records as the fastest human being, yet she has no legs. Is she “disabled”?
12 minutes
[ Art ]
Gratitude and Wonder with Louie Schwartzberg
By Dr. Lynda
Photographer Louie Schwartzberg brings us all to a place of breath-taking beauty, wonder and hope with his TED Talk, remarkable images and the words of wise ones, young and old. This TED Talk leaves us with a sigh and a smile every time we revisit it.
23 minutes
[ Education ]
Monica Lewinsky Can Teach Us a Lot
By Dr. Lynda
If shame and fear were only minor players in the news media, we’d be looking at blank screens about 90% of the time. Monica Lewinsky has some really important insights on this. We were blown away by this TED Talk.
16 minutes
[ Business ]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
By Dr. Lynda
Have you ever watched the TED Talk with the most views in history: 33 million? There’s a reason this one is on top. Great fun and a subject that can expand every single one of us, no matter our age.
19 minutes
[ Business ]
The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen
By Dr. Lynda
Despite what the negative 24-hour news cycle tells us, it turns out that the world is NOT actually going to hell in a handbasket! Things are getting better and there’s solid data to prove it! Learn more in today’s feature.
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!
19 minutes
DARPA: Removing the Fear of Failure
By Dr. Lynda
What would our lives look like if we could shake our fear of failure? What would you try tomorrow if failure wasn’t a bad thing? Enter: DARPA, a place we might find a new mindset! Take a look at the TED Talk by Regina Dugan and become a better you!
29 minutes
[ Art ]
A Wish to Change the World (With JR)
By Dr. Lynda
Heroes, politicians, and scientists take risks to change the world, right? See how youth and creativity can with street artist JR, 2011’s TED Prize winner!
14 minutes
[ Animals ]
Rats Becoming Our Heroes?
By Dr. Lynda
What potential are we missing by ignoring the “untouchable” things? Let’s start with the amazing abilities of rats to save millions of lives! Really!
10 minutes
[ Art ]
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests Are a New Form of Life
By Dr. Lynda
Today, take a look at where fun can be found: at the amazing intersection of science and design, featuring designer Theo Jansen’s incredible “Strandbeests” and a short TED Talk!
15 minutes
Guerrilla Gardener Takes on South Central LA
By Dr. Lynda
Meet Ron Finley; an amazing fellow who’s come up with a better idea than battling over turf. How about using “turf” in a very old way! Take a look!
14 minutes
[ Culture ]
Is Happiness Truly Our End Goal?
By Sam Burns
Most of us are running around looking to hold on to this thing called happiness, but these seem to be fleeting moments. Should we be focusing on something else instead? Listen to writer Emily Esfahani Smith’s eye opening insight in her TED Talk!
9 minutes
Save the Shoes! (Don’t Wait to be a Hero!)
By Dr. Lynda
After years of dreaming of heroics, firefighter Mark Bezos rushed into a burning house… to save shoes? And you can too! Find out what we mean in today’s feature.
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!
