If we want to unleash human potential, we need to accelerate it by creatively harnessing chaos. A practical example of this is a playground: kids are playful and chaotic because they have defined structures and beautiful systems driving their development. Work should be no different. Let's start inventing new playgrounds to accelerate humans in the world. Claire Burge is the CEO of This is Productivity. Part adventure seeker, part nerd, part psychologist, part technologist.
The Future of Work is Chaos
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Changing Company Culture
Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, discusses the difficulty of changing a company’s culture and how the key is to focus on a few core values and constantly repeat the message. Whitman also stresses the importance of identifying the obstacles standing in the way of change, and making sure the message is just as clear to far-flung groups within a large organization.
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The Incredible Inventions of Intuitive AI
What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical new designs for bridges, cars, drones and much more -- all by themselves. Take a tour of the Augmented Age with futurist Maurice Conti and preview a time when robots and humans will work side-by-side to accomplish things neither could do alone.
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How the Blockchain will Radically Transform the Economy
Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
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The Future We’re Building — and Boring | Elon Musk
Elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TED's Head Curator, Chris Anderson.
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Video: Don’t Fear Intelligent Machines. Work with Them | Garry Kasparov
We must face our fears if we want to get the most out of technology -- and we must conquer those fears if we want to get the best out of humanity, says Garry Kasparov. One of the greatest chess players in history, Kasparov lost a memorable match to IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997. Now he shares his vision for a future where intelligent machines help us turn our grandest dreams into reality.
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Video | The New Normal in the Water Sector: Circular Economy and Water Reuse
In this TEDx Madrid talk, Paz Diaz discusses innovations to the water cycle to increase food security, recharge aquifers, encourage sustainability across a variety of industries, and much more. Ms. Diaz is an industrial engineer working with Acciona Agua and is studying for her Executive MBA at IE Business School. She is member of the Young Water Professionals, an initiative promoted by the International Water Association, and she focuses on sustainability, circular economy and women’s leadership, especially for countries in development.
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This Talk Isn’t Very Good. Dancing with My Inner Critic | Steve Chapman
Steve Chapman shines a light on his inner critic - that whisper in his ear that constantly tells him he isn’t good enough and that he should never try anything new or risk making a fool of himself.
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Video: Indigenous innovation with Jeff Ward
Indigenous Peoples are the original inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs on the lands now known to settlers as Canada, and they provide unique solutions and perspectives to present-day challenges and opportunities.
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Creating the Future using Virtual Reality | Judith Okonkwo
Everyone has the opportunity to create their reality and future. In this talk, Judith Okonkwo emphatically states that ‘the only limitation to content in virtual reality (VR) is the imagination of the creator.'
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