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STOP What You Are Doing.. and Listen

August 3, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

STOP What You Are Doing.. and Listen. What are you hearing that you never heard before? What are you hearing that you forgot about? When was the last time that you heard absolute silence? This is a great TED talk by Julian Treasure who focuses in on the 5 ways to listen better.

This is Julian’s bio from the TED site:

Julian Treasure is the chair of the Sound Agency, a firm that advises worldwide businesses — offices, retailers, hotels — on how to use sound. He asks us to pay attention to the sounds that surround us. How do they make us feel: productive, stressed, energized, acquisitive?

I Get Sucked In Every Time

August 2, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

The Rube Goldberg contraptions are awesome and I can’t help but to watch them!!

This one is brought to you by the fine folks at 2DPhotography!

Being A Class Act

August 1, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

Kirk Cousins showed that he is truly a class act in his speech as he delivers this at the 2011 Kick Off Luncheon. There are not many words to say other than this guy is in a league that is minimal in sports today!

See more from the Big 10 Luncheon HERE

Where Good Ideas Come From

July 29, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

Innovative ideas come from somewhere, but not often where we think. I love in this video how Steven Johnson talks about the genesis of the GPS that many of you have in your cars. I say “you” simply because I haven’t gotten one yet!

The Origins of Pleasure

July 28, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

This is a very interesting TED Talk by Paul Bloom.

Algorithms Are The Key Language

July 27, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

Kevin Slavin looks at how Algorithms are affecting life everywhere!

Old Spice Battle

July 26, 2011 in Brilliance, Creativity with 0 Comments

Are you aware of the battle happening around Old Spice Guy status? We have the OldSpice Guy vs. Fabio. Check out their YouTube Channel for the up to moment videos. It is quite entertaining! You can even submit a question to be answered by one of the guys battling it out for the title.

Flying Robots.. What??

July 26, 2011 in Brilliance with 0 Comments

No.. this isn’t the Jetsons or Transformers but it is a robot that is flying over the crowd at TED. I am sure that the guys created this robot were so excited to see this flying around the auditorium! This is a great view of what you want to do yet it isn’t in existence so you get a team together and start figuring out the problem!