How to train employees to have difficult conversations
Tamekia MizLadi Smith / Performer, mentor
The benefits of doodling

TED Talk: The case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen

It's Friday! Treat yourself to a little procrastination

Playlist: 11 great talks to watch when you should probably be doing something else

Newest Talks

  1. How to train employees to have difficult conversations
  2. "Dead Romance"
  3. Where are all the aliens?
  4. What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
  5. What your smart devices know (and share) about you
  6. The power of diversity within yourself

Trending

  1. Success is a continuous journey
  2. "my mama" / "BLACK BANANA"
  3. The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive
  4. A new equation for intelligence
  5. We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers
  6. Welcome to the age of the industrial internet

Recommended today

  1. Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
  2. How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you
  3. The power of time off
  4. A summer school kids actually want to attend
  5. Should we create a solar shade to cool the earth?
  6. The new age of corporate monopolies

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Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars
  2. What reality are you creating for yourself?
  3. The smelly mystery of the human pheromone
  4. My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out
  5. What we can do about the culture of hate
  6. How I turn negative online comments into positive offline conversations

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. History vs. Augustus
  2. What is the coldest thing in the world?
  3. How exactly does binary code work?
  4. Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?
  5. Are there universal expressions of emotion?
  6. Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle?

Note to self: TEDx talks on self-improvement

  1. A simple trick to improve positive thinking
  2. Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix
  3. Love others to love yourself
  4. The keys to a happier, healthier sex life
  5. How do you define yourself?
  6. What I learned from 100 days of rejection

Explore philosophy

  1. Philosophy in prison
  2. How do you explain consciousness?
  3. How to make hard choices
  4. A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
  5. Why does the universe exist?
  6. For argument's sake

live your best life

  1. 12 truths I learned from life and writing
  2. The life-long learner
  3. Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
  4. Things I've learned in my life so far
  5. The danger of a single story
  6. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

Healthier Communities

  1. How an obese town lost a million pounds
  2. How barbershops can keep men healthy
  3. The secret to living longer may be your social life
  4. The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...
  5. The taboo secret to better health
  6. What makes us get sick? Look upstream

Aliens!

  1. Where are all the aliens?
  2. How we'll find life on other planets
  3. ET is (probably) out there -- get ready
  4. Join the SETI search
  5. The most mysterious star in the universe
  6. Aliens, love -- where are they?

About TED

TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.