TED Community » Aleksey Polukéyev

Location:: United States, Minneapolis, MN
Gender:: Male
Areas of expertise:: Collaborative Innovation, Design Research, Systems Thinking, Knowledge Synthesis, Creative solutions, Computational Thinking, Ethnographic research, Adobe Creative Suite

I am:: Artist, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Musician, Performer, Photographer, Scientist, Student
Associations:: GTCYS
Languages:: English, Russian, Swedish
My website links:: Personal
Universities:: University of Minnesota, Coursera, Stanford University

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A comment on Conversation: LIVE CHAT With Kevin Carroll: Can a ball save a life & change the world? What are the social innovation values of sports? June 15, 4-5PM EDT

Jun 15 2011: I love playing pick-up soccer with all sorts of people - it's really a fantastic experience. It's not just about meeting new people and seeing new skill, it's testing your own adaptability, understanding of style and flow - real time collaboration with others to create purposeful motion. Sports are built on gesture, which is really an exploration of space - how you are in space and what you can imagine in space.

I think knowing your body is a huge part of placing yourself in the world, there are other lessons in sports - perseverance, focus, dedication, cunning, spirit - but for me the most important is learning gesture - it's the fundamental element of our communication.