Paralysed by Choice

A long time ago I started to write a book.  By started I mean that I wrote down a couple of chapter titles and a few thoughts.  The title of one of the chapters was “Paralysed By Choice – the paradox of post-modern youth”.  Now I wish I’d written it.  But because I didn’t I Read More …

Picturing Excess

Another brilliant TED talk… this time from Chris Jordan who shows his fantastic art which depicts some shocking statistics.  What I liked most about this talk was his passion about highlighting our lack of a sense of anger and outrage about some of the horrific things happening today.

Clay Shirky on Institutions V Collaboration

I’ve posted talks by Clay Shirky before.  This one is from TED a while back but seems somehow more relevant now than it might have been a few years ago. His ideas about collaberation seem to chime with my own thinking about the church as an institution and the problem it faces.  The church is Read More …

do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson gives a challenging talks on education and creativity to TED.  Go make a cuppa and spend 20min watching.

Almost time for TED

There are few conferences that I really wish I could go to, but TED is one, and not just for the very cool conference bags! The TED 2008 conference is almost here. You can follow the build up at the TED Blog and watch some amazing talks like this one from Isobel Allende and this Read More …

be inspired

I know this has been around for a while but TED (Technology Entertainment Design) have been busy updating their content and there’s loads of great new talks to inspire and amaze.  Well worth a look.