Posts Tagged ‘leaders’:


Pattie Maes: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech

This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers.

Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes

Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching — including a key insight about learning from mistakes.

Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices

Sure the web connects the globe but most of us end up hearing mainly from people just like ourselves. Blogger and technologist Ethan Zuckerman wants to help share the stories of the whole wide world. He talks about clever strategies to open up your Twitter world and read the news in languages you don’t even

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Rebecca MacKinnon: Let’s take back the Internet

In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: ‘How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control?’ She believes the internet is headed for a “Magna Carta” moment when citizens around the

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Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

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