Some of the Most Fascinating People on Earth

If you haven’t been to the TED Talks site and spent some time surfing around it, you owe it to yourself to stop reading this article, click on the link below and GO!

TED, an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design, bills itself modestly and simply as “a non-profit devoted to ideas worth spreading.” It’s really like the most fascinating cocktail party in the world, with thought leaders in different disciplines sharing their findings, works in progress and ideas about where things are heading. TED Talks are short videos and the site functions as a sort of YouTube for thinking people.

You can find the famous and the brilliant at that site, but also obscure people who have knockout creative ideas. Let your imagination and your own interests direct you to the speakers you’ll like best.

Since this is a site about workplace ideas I will direct you first to David Kelly, the founder of IDEO and leader of Stanford’s d-school. His firm designed the first mouse, the TREO and the Leap chair. In short, his ideas have helped shape the way we work today. Take a look at the video and listen to his ideas about “human-centered design” which factors behavior and personality into the product.

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design.html