My Favourite TED Global talks

Posted by andy in : Agile,Learning on August 3, 2010. There are 4 responses »

These are some of my favourite talks from this year’s TED Global Conference

I loved Matt Ridley’s meme of “Idea’s Having Sex”.  A fabulous talk exploring the importance of collaboration and exchanging ideas – the power of the collective brain.

Lewis Pugh’s incredible Mt. Everest swim to highlight melting glacier ice.  An amazing story.  
I’ve started sending this to people who ask me to help rolling out a standard agile software development process – showing the pitfalls of a standard process.

The most captivating speaker was Elif Shafak, talking about the politics of fiction. Such a wonderful story teller. I’ve ordered a couple of her books as a result!

A mind-blowing bit of technology …

4 Responses

  1. August 17th, 2010 | Permalink

    Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!

  2. March 17th, 2011 | Permalink

    Each one of those speakers is phenominal!
    Great post – Thanks!

  3. March 24th, 2011 | Permalink

    I like this post, enjoyed this one thankyou for posting .

  4. March 30th, 2011 | Permalink

    i’m adding your blog rss feed so that I can see your new posts. Keep up the good work!

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