Kay’s introduction is simply beautiful. Especially at the end of a hard day, week, month or year. The rest of her talk is about her “spoken word journey.”
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Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff
I do not normally watch many talks by the same speaker but Sutherland is weaseling his way next to Malcolm Gladwell.
Sutherland discusses why businesses should focus on the small things, perhaps even more than the big things. -
Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
Sometimes I hear someone present an idea and think, “Finally, someone else gets it.” Sutherland’s talk is one of those.
I have worked for a long time and in that time I have seen many, many business decisions. Some of which I thought were brilliant and some that I still wonder, “What were you thinking?” and, “Who thought that was a good idea?” and, my favorite, “I know that I am not nearly as ‘old’ and ‘seasoned’ as you but even I knew that would not work.”Sutherland talks about how it is common from creatives to have to get project approval from more rational people. He suggests that the opposite should also be true, “Well the numbers all seem to add up, but before I present this idea, I’ll go and show it to some really crazy people to see if they can come up with something better.”Because so often the ‘crazy people’ can make a good, sound idea so much better without making it much more complicated. -
Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a chicken
Horner is both humorous and enlightening as he describes his (and his team’s) quest to make dinosaurs.
Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a chicken
P.S. Horner’s work provided a foundation for much of Jurassic Park’s cutting edge theories about dinosaur life. He also helped to consult on the movie. -
Ethan Nadelmann: Why we need to end the War on Drugs
An interesting review on the history of drugs and suggestions on how we can better manage the epidemic.