If you’re not familiar with TED – you’re in for a treat. TED, which stands for “Technology, Entertainment, Design” was founded in 1990 it was a small secret gathering of very smart people with the plan to share and spread great ideas. It now has conferences all over the world and has hundreds of videos on the web. Here are a collection of my favourites…

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

 

Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way

 

James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud

 

James B. Glattfelder: Who controls the world?

 

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Amanda Palmer: The art of asking

 

Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like

 

Mike Rowe: Learning from dirty jobs

 

Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?

 

Michael Shermer: Why people believe strange things

 

Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model.

 

Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel

 

Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread

 

Steven Levitt: The freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs

 

Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?

 

Keith Barry – Brain Magic

 

Chris Anderson: How YouTube is driving innovation

 

David Blaine – how I help my breath for 17 minutes