Modern work -- from waiting tables to crunching numbers to designing products -- is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly and collaboratively. But as Yves Morieux shows in this insightful talk, too often, an overload of rules, processes and metrics keeps us from doing our best work together. Meet the new frontier of productivity: ...

About this event: None can be vaccinated against change. The only known antidote is unlearning and reinventing. Consider this in the current volatile times when the society is in churn, accompanied by a peripheral, dizzying disorientation brought on by unprecedented developments. In order to keep up with the exponentially expanding information overload as well a...

About this event: TEDxStJohns 2015 – Exploring what it is to Make + Belief We are the makers of things. Tools. Societies. Norms. Ideas. We advance through our creations in an attempt to make sense of it all. We have strong convictions, yet we can be easily swayed. Because in an age when we have the answers at our fingertips, many questions still go unexplained. ...

About this event: This year, under the theme of “DISTORTION”, the TEDxUniversityofGlasgow Annual Conference 2021 will attempt to address your uncertainty and anxiety about the warped world we live in today. For a full year now we have been confronted with the bleak, the bizarre and the biased. Angst has been amplified and chaos has cascaded. Throughout this, have...

TED Radio Hour investigates the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Can we preserve our humanity in the digital age? Where does creativity come from? And what's the secret to living longer? In each episode, host Manoush Zomorodi explores a big idea through a series of TED Talks and original interviews, i...

ZigZag is a business show about being human. Join this zig-zagging quest with Manoush Zomorodi (Host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour; Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business) to discover new ways we can align our ambitions with systemic change that’s good for our fellow human beings. On Season 5, Manoush profiles six unusual dynamos reinvent...

How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.

Trying to stay on top of COVID news is like trying to drink from a fire hose. Yet right now it feels like we have no choice but to do that so we can best protect ourselves and our loved ones. It’s stressful and draining. TED asked Alanna Shaikh, a global public health expert and a TED Fellow, for tips on how to navigate this information overl...

David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.

Written by the educators who created Visualizing Data, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. The reality of today All of us now are being blasted by information design. It's being poured into our eyes through the We...

An idea alone, even when paired with passion, is not enough to change the world. What makes change really lift off and take hold is collaboration -- working together to bridge skills and know-how to transform reality. At TED@StateStreet, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, twelve speakers and two performance groups shared how, together, our collective geniu...

Amishi Jha studies how we pay attention: the process by which our brain decides what's important out of the constant stream of information it receives. Both external distractions (like stress) and internal ones (like mind-wandering) diminish our attention's power, Jha says -- but some simple techniques can boost it. "Pay attention to your attent...

About this event: The second TEDxAlmere will be officially opened in the Alnovum by René Peeters, member of the municipal council of the city of Almere. Presenter Angela Esajas will be the host on Thursday 10th of April and introduce these four speakers: Jitske Kramer, corporate anthropologist, awarded as the best trainer of the year 2013/2014 by the NOBTRA (D...

Data is a valuable, powerful commodity -- but unlike oil, it is unlimited in quantity and in its capacity for harm, says technology thinker James Bridle. The phrase “data is the new oil” was apparently coined in 2006 by Clive Humby, the British mathematician and architect of the Tesco Clubcard, a supermarket reward program. Since then, it has b...

Agriculturalist and social entrepreneur Su Kahumbu created iCow, a mobile app that supports farmers caring for livestock. Soon it will become an information-delivery platform that could help generate a whole new crop of young farmers. What does iCow do? The iCow application essentially reminds small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya of important...

Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it.

Journalism is a noble calling and the credibility of the profession is at stake. Today, there is weaponization of information and it is dividing us. Ann Curry passionately shares how people are yearning for journalism they can trust. Her Talk powerfully explains that truth leads to trust, which leads to understanding, understanding leads to hum...

About this event: Em 2013, (des)conecte-se. Com o que estamos conectados ultimamente? Quando é preciso desconectar para se encontrar? Para onde levam nossas conexões? Refletindo sobre nossos hábitos, percebemos o quanto podemos descobrir se desconstruirmos os caminhos que nos trouxeram ao que somos hoje. Para todas as nossas relações, vínculos e dependênci...

There are seemingly infinite options in the world today. And with increased options come increased choices. This may seem like a good thing, but for most people it is not. More choices mean more decisions, and decision fatigue can lead to you getting stuck in negative cycles. A lot of the choices you encounter on a daily basis are endless...

This week's comment comes from Joe, who has enough understanding of the topic of Caleb Barlow's talk, "Where is cybercrime really coming from?" to pose a great question to the speaker. Particularly on topics I'm less familiar with, it's great to come to the comments and hear from people who have much more experience with the ideas presented. ...

About this event: Thanks to digital devices, the world we live in is more connected than ever before. Every day is a constant juggling of googling, posting, tweeting, snapping, texting and/or emailing. In fact, the average adult spends more than 11-hours a day consuming media. Children and teens spend more than 7-hours a day looking at their screens; and every ye...

About this event: In today’s highly connected and digital world, news can travel the globe within seconds. Despite the overload of information, we have a tendency to grow blind to issues around us. In many cases the majority of us choose to ignore our responsibility to care about the global community. Daily, there are articles depicting environmental issues, huma...

ReThinking with Adam Grant The internet doesn't need your opinion on everything with Rebecca Solnit June 4, 2024 [00:00:00] Rebecca Solnit: I think we know ourselves through our conversations. Our, our deepest selves exist in relationship in some ways and not through, you know, our 240 character opinions tossed out to be snapped up or spit out ...

Julian Maha and Michele Kong have been grabbed, yelled at, and criticized in public places when their son had a meltdown. So they started an organization that helps families like theirs feel welcome wherever they go. Like many kids his age, six-year-old Abram Maha was fascinated by mummies. So one summer day in 2014, his parents, physicians Jul...

About this event: We are witnessing the incredible transformation of China as it seeks to (re)define itself in the global context. Once referred to as the “factory of the world” China is confronting challenges and opportunities as it navigates the transformation into its’ new identity. What will the new China look like? How will the world see China? China...

Melissa Marshall has a message for scientists and engineers: Contrary to popular belief, the general public is interested in your work and does want to hear the details of your research. The trick is that you must communicate your ideas clearly, because they will start snoring in their seats if you assault them with a slew of jargon and detail...

In 1972, Matthieu Ricard had a promising career in biochemistry, trying to figure out the secrets of E. coli bacteria. A chance encounter with Buddhism led to an about turn, and Ricard has spent the past 40+ years living in the Himalayas, studying mindfulness and happiness. In this free-wheeling discussion at TED Global in October 2014, Ricard t...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, May 19, 2021 JEN GUNTER: I’m Dr. Jen Gunter. I love science, and I hate when people twist it. And there's a lot of twisted medical misinformation out there. "That’s ridiculous." "Oh It’s so painful." JEN GUNTER: We’re exposed to medical myths whether we are looking for them or not. There are news sto...

ReThinking with Adam Grant A company is not a family with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky May 21, 2024 [00:00:00] Brian Chesky: I do think a company, I agree is not a family, but I do think that there can be a bond that can be deeper than a typical work contract. [00:00:11] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking my pod...

About this event: Registration: http://tedxbayareasept2012.eventbrite.com/ Featured Guest: Matthew E. May THE ART OF SUBTRACTION We live in an age of excess everything--an era of overwhelming choice, crippling complexity, and feature overload. Standing out in the age of excess everything demands a singular skill: Subtraction. The world's most origi...