All posts tagged "provoking"
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Uri Alon | June 14, 2014
Scientific Leap of Faith
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research...
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Sugata Mitra | March 10, 2013
Cloud School
Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the...
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Colin Stokes | January 27, 2013
Manhood and Star Wars
At TED Talk – When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars, he was instantly obsessed....
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Ben Goldacre | October 25, 2011
Battling Bad Science
At TEDxSiliconValley, Battling Bad Science, Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence...
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Sean Carroll | June 6, 2011
Distant Time and the Hint of a Multiverse
At TEDxCaltech, cosmologist Sean Carroll attacks – in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time...
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Terry Flynn | May 5, 2011
Happiness Quotent
Happiness is one of the hottest areas of economic research. But simply asking people how happy they are...
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Richard Branson | January 28, 2011
To Succeed, Take Some Time Off
How do you let go? I truly believe in empowering the right people, listening to them, and stepping...
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Heribert Watzke | November 23, 2010
The Brain in Your Gut
Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines — about a hundred million of them? Food...
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Graham Richardson | August 8, 2010
Why Hire a Professional Coach?
Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Criticism is something you can avoid easily—by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”...
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Alice Rawsthorn | June 1, 2010
The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green
LONDON — As Kermit the Frog sang so wisely, it’s not easy being green. Think of Britain’s wannabe...
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Jonathan Klein | April 28, 2010
Photos that Changed the World
Photographs do more than document history — they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images...
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Derek Sivers | April 12, 2010
How to Start a Movement
With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)
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Valerie Khoo | November 12, 2009
How To Get Media Attention
In this video hear journalist, author, entrepreneur & Flying Solo LIVE! presenter Valerie Khoo. Find out what a...
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Eckhart Tolle | February 10, 2009
A New Earth
Stream or download this exciting first Class of the Web Cast Class by Oprah and Erkhart Tolle of...
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Jill Bolte Taylor | March 27, 2008
My Stroke of Insight
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realised she...
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Bobby Bodenhamer | February 24, 2008
Can hypnotherapy assist people who block and stammer (PWS)?
Can hypnotherapy assist people who block and stammer (PWS)? Why is it that most PWS speak consistently fluent...
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Andrew Grant | January 27, 2008
Situational Leadership – Part 1
The need for a situational approach to leadership development. How can leadership styles be shaped to meet the...
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Tim Mackesey | October 12, 2007
Put a Spell on Stuttering
As soon as the teacher said we were going to take turns reading I felt a panic in...
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Michael Hall | December 8, 2006
Steve Irwin and Self-Actualisation
In the last couple of months, millions upon millions of people around the world have been stunned at...