Get your brain in motion
In her TED Talk Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows that body language affects how others see us and it may also change how we see ourselves.
Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
In his TEDx talk, Stefano Baldi explains how being a diplomat today is a mix of tradition and innovation. In the era of web 2.0, currently characterized by Social Media, diplomats are challenged by constantly evolving ways of communication. He argues why an adequate and continuous training will empower the diplomat of the XXI century, the Diplomat 2.0, to be still an essential and irreplaceable resource for the country he/she represents.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian career diplomat with a lifelong commitment to innovation and creativity applied to diplomatic activities. Now that he is the head of the Training structure of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is particularly engaged in emphasizing and experimenting with shaping the role of the XXI century diplomat.
In this TED talk, statistician Nic Marks, founder of the Centre for Well-Being at the UK think tank New Economics Foundation, paints a positive picture of the future where it could be possible to lead happier lives while preserving our planet, introducing the Happy Planet Index.
He also suggests five remarkable actions that each of us can do to improve wellbeing, based on research and studies:
– Connect
– Be Active
– Take Notice
– Keep Learning
– Give
Could this be the recipe for happier (and more productive) nations without costing the Earth?
Privacy shouldn’t be the price we accept just for surfing on the internet.
Gary Kovacs, in his Ted Talk, explains why it’s your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson, speaking for TED talks, makes an interesting case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Creativity is, according to him, the process of having original ideas that have value and it is possible only if we are not afraid of being wrong!
Children are not afraid and for this all children are creative. But schools teach them not to make mistakes and so they begin to stigmatize mistakes…
According to Kiran Bir Sethi, the founder of the Riverside School, if learning is embedded in the real-word context, the children go through a journey of “awareness”, where they can see the change, “enable it”, then “control it”, and finally to lead the change.
A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his charisma and his brillant pre-concert talks.
In this TED he tries to help us all realize our untapped love for classical music and by extension, our untopped love for new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
A decade of research, proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome. Raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accurancy on tasks by 19%, as well as myriad of health and quality of life improvements.
In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor, in his Ted Talk, argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.
Elizabeth Gilbert in a recent Ted Talk shares the idea that all of us “have” a genius, an artistic flair.
In this surprisingly moving video she describes creativity like a divine attendant spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknowable source…
Why Martin Luther King led the Civil Rights Movement? He wasn’t the only man who suffered in a pre-civil rights America, and He certainly wasn’t the only great orator of the day.
Why is ‘Apple’ more innovative than all their competitors?
Simon Sinek is teaching others how to became effective leaders inspiring changes.
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