July 2010

Supercorps Rosabeth Moss Kanter

How SuperCorps Are Changing the Workforce and the World

In today’s society, a growing number of people refuse to purchase from companies that don’t have a positive social impact on the world. And this new business environment is awakening companies eyes’ to new opportunities around the world.

Susan Engel Child Education Lecture

How We Should Educate Today’s Children

Susan Engel makes a controversial remark: she says we hate our children. But before you turn away from this video, take a moment to hear her out. She claims that this is because instead of following all findings that developmental psychologists (like herself) make, we pay more attention to our phones, feed them…

J. Michael McBride Organic Chemistry Yale

Full 37-Lecture Course: Freshman Organic Chemistry

Professor J. Michael McBride teaches Yales’ Freshman Organic Chemistry course, the first semester in a two-semester set, focused on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry, their historical development, and their basis in experimental observation. Complete 37 lecture course.

David Smith Workforce of One

An Interview of Workforce of One author, at Harvard

Customization of company — it’s a cool idea — but does your company have what it takes? David Smith, managing director of Accenture and author of Workforce of One, suggests companies should tailor talent management practices to individuals.

College Algebra Course Richard Delaware

Full 40-Lecture Course: College Algebra

This is a college algebra course with Professor Richard Delaware of the The University of Missouri, Kansas City. Algebra is a branch of pure mathematics and focuses on rules of operations and relations. This course covers polynomial expressions, geometry, graphs, functions, and more.

Hans Rosling Population free lecture

Global Population Growth

In 1960, the world population was three billion people. Today, that number has doubled. The gap between the rich and the poor countries is being filled with emerging market economies, but the width of the scale between the richest and the poorest has increased. You’ll enjoy both his “analog” models from Ikea and his great animated chart, that he uses to drive his point home.

Chan Lowe political cartoons

Political Cartoons in the 21st Century

What makes a political cartoon effective? What makes one last? And what kind can win you a Pulitzer Prize? National Press Foundation’s “Cartoonist of the Year” Chan Lowe is a man who can provide credible answers to these questions. Very, very fun to watch!

Richard David change your brain

Transform Your Mind, Change Your Brain

Richard Davidson is doing pioneering work in the field of neuroplasticity, which says that the brain is malleable, and we can transform our brains with what we think and what we do. He calls this transformation, contemplative practice.

Elif Shafak on Politics of Fiction at TED

The Politics of Fiction

Elif Shafak has got a problem with the literary world today. She says that just as she was stereotyped as “the Turkish student” during her education, she and other authors are also stereotyped based on their identity when it comes to their writing.

Patricia Churchland, Morality and the Mammilian Brain

Morality and the Mammalian Brain

While believers say morality comes from the big guy in the sky, neurophilosophers offers a different perspective. Patricia Churchland says it turns out that the way we look out for each other comes from a self-preservation system based on rewards and punishments.

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