Why we procrastinate by Vik Nithy @ TEDxYouth@TheScotsCollege. Your elusive creative genius. YouTube. Business and Ethics. EDU. Marketing. Human Resource Management. Gresham College - Online Lectures. Business. The Greatest Ever Economic Change. 13 September 2012 The Greatest Ever Economic Change Professor Douglas McWilliams Introduction I am very grateful to Gresham College for allowing me to borrow the title of Mercers School Memorial Professor of Commerce for three years.
I have had many illustrious predecessors and am immensely flattered to have the opportunity to follow in their footsteps. I have known Gresham College since my father was Lord Mayor twenty years ago and I worked with various institutions to support his Mayoral Theme ‘The City and Industry in Partnership.’ eCorner - Staford University. Amazon - Customer Focus.
TED: Ideas worth spreading. The power of vulnerability. On being wrong. How to spot a liar. Your body language. Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! 10 talks on being creative. Radio host Julie Burstein has found the perfect analogy for creativity—raku pottery.
A Japanese art form in which molded clay is heated for 15 minutes and then dropped in sawdust which bursts into flames, what makes this pottery so beautiful is its imperfections and cracks. Burstein interviewed hundred of artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers for her book, Spark: How Creativity Works, and heard many of them describe their process in similar terms — that the best parts of their work came from embracing challenges, misfortunes and the things they simply couldn’t control. As Burstein explains in this talk given at TED2012, “I realized that creativity grows out of everyday experiences more often than you would think.” In this talk, Burstein identifies four lessons that creative people should embrace: Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work.
The Importance Of Being Inauthentic: Mark Bowden at TEDxToronto.