What has happened to our Communication?
Wow, I’ve just watched a fascinating TED Talk with the Brio Group Team this morning that really makes you think about what has happened with the backward evolution of our human interaction, communication and lack of personal contact. Sherry Turkle, author of ‘Alone Together’, explains how todays generation of teenagers have been brought up competing [...]
Monday TED-spiration: Nurturing Creativity
I have a confession. I’ve never read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat,Pray, Love. I’ve never had any urge to read her story of finding herself following the breakdown of her marriage. I will confess, I begrudgingly sat through the movie adaptation of the book and it didn’t rate for me. While I can’t explain why I’m yet [...]
The Orangutan Saviour
Willie Smits, a conservationist who has devoted his life to the orangutan, gave a powerful TED Talk where he describes his work restoring the rainforest and saves the lives of countless orangutans. He expresses the horrific ecological barbarity resulting from the palm oil and timber industries as a result of greed. It’s saddening to hear [...]
What adults can learn from children
In this TED talk Adora Svitak, American child prodigy and published author reminds us of what we can learn as adults, from children. She reminds us that when we were children we had crazy ideas of doing and achieving anything we could imagine. Then as adults we look at these ideas as impossible or too [...]
Five ways to listen better
In this concise TED talk, Julian Treasure addresses the concern that we are losing our hearing. He suggests that conscious listening creates understanding, and without understanding we can’t achieve complete communication and peaceful relationships. He provides us with 5 easy tricks for improving our listening skills. One of these is using the acronym RASA: Receive, Appreciate, [...]
Design considerations
I chose this TED Talk to share with the Brio Group team this morning as I liked how Thomas Heatherwick’s London Architect firm considered their designs in a holistic approach. Not only did they consider the impact their designs have on the existing natural and built environment, but they also considered how it affects the [...]
How to make a splash in social media
Making headway in social media can be quite difficult without the right training, direction and information. Let’s face it, there is nothing worse than being given bad information that you pay some ridiculous sum of money for. Well… as Alexis explains below, sometimes letting people run their course, you end up with something great that [...]
Why work doesn’t happen at work
Jason Fried has a pretty interesting take on why people are not very enthusiastic when at work. I watched this TED talk video the other day and found it very interesting. See for yourself and discuss below!
Where good ideas come from
This TED talk by Steven Johnson into the generation of ideas is sure to get you spending some extra time at your local coffee shop or dawdling a few minutes longer at the water cooler. Johnson provides a wonderful insight into the benefits of team work and the open discussion of ideas. He dispels the [...]
