Tom Wujec: The Marshmallow Challenge

Posted on August 27th, 2010 in All Videos,Business,Quickies,Society

7 minutes

Tom Wujec studies team dynamics and puts on workshops around team building and prepares groups to solve large and complex problems. During his workshops he gives teams The Marshmallow Challenge, an 18 minute challenge to build the tallest structure from a few items including spaghetti and marshmallows. Interestingly, kindergarteners produce some of the tallest structures. Tom chalks up their success to iterative prototyping and trying lots of ideas. On the contrary, business school students do the worst.


Johanna Blakley: Fashion Industry’s No Copyright Policy

Posted on June 5th, 2010 in All Videos,Art,Business,Society

16 minutes

Johanna Blakley studies the impact of the fashion industry’s lack of copyright and imparts many lesson on how other creative industries could flourish with a similar regard for copyright. Johanna discusses how the fashion industry is forced to constantly innovate to keep ahead of trends, obsolescence, and build brands. The fashion industry is only one of many industries who’s work is not copyright eligible. Other industries include food, furniture, magic, jokes, cars, databases, etc… The talk is thought provoking to say the least and will provide some fodder for your next discussion on issues of copyright.


Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity And Education

Posted on January 6th, 2007 in All Videos,Leaders,Society

20 minutes

Innovation isn’t about just one form of work. It’s about every sort of business.
-Sir Ken Robinson