TED Talks
TED: Teach girls bravery, not perfection | Reshma Saujani
We're raising our girls to be perfect, and we're raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young girls to take risks and learn to program -- two skills...
Crash Course
Is Growth Right For You? Crash Course Entrepreneurship
In business, growth basically means making a company more successful in some way: finding a new revenue stream, revamping the cost structure to minimize expenses and increase profit, or adding new people and knowledge to the team. Our...
TED Talks
Erika Hamden: What it takes to launch a telescope
TED Fellow and astronomer Erika Hamden leads the team building FIREBall, a telescope that hangs from a giant balloon at the very edge of space and looks for clues about how stars are created. She takes us inside the roller-coaster,...
TED Talks
TED: The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of...
TED Talks
TED: Confessions of a recovering micromanager | Chieh Huang
Think about the most tired you've ever been at work. It probably wasn't when you stayed late or came home from a road trip -- chances are it was when you had someone looking over your shoulder, watching your each and every move. "If we...
TED Talks
TED: What happens when an NGO admits failure | David Damberger
International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their...
Crash Course Kids
Succeed by Failing
We all know that failure is bad... but is it? Actually, Engineers need things to fail so they can understand how to make things better. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats to us about failure points and how they can help...
SciShow
Tasting Colors and Seeing Time: Superhuman Skills with Synesthesia
Synesthesia allows people to hear color or taste numbers,and maybe even remember some things better than the average person.
TED Talks
TED: Don't fail fast -- fail mindfully | Leticia Gasca
We celebrate bold entrepreneurs whose ingenuity led them to success, but what happens to those who fail? Far too often, they bury their stories out of shame or humiliation -- and miss out on a valuable opportunity for growth, says author...
Crash Course
Skyscrapers, Statics, & Dynamics: Crash Course Engineering #26
What if you were on a high floor of a skyscraper and the building started swaying? Today we’ll explore statics and dynamics, and what they mean for the structures we design. We look at the idea of static equilibrium, forces, and torques,...
Crash Course
Reaching Breaking Point: Materials, Stresses, & Toughness: Crash Course Engineering #18
Today we’re going to start thinking about materials that are used in engineering. We’ll look at mechanical properties of materials, stress-strain diagrams, elasticity and toughness, and describe other material properties like hardness,...
TED Talks
Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight,...
Curated Video
Self Control: The Top 10 Ways to Resist Impulses, Control Your Choices and be More Mindful
Whether you want more time, less stress, better project leadership, less unplanned risk, greater influence, or to move another step forward in your career, self control will be one of your greatest assets. So, let’s look at 10 techniques...
Curated Video
12 Rules for Project Management
Does Project Management have rules? Well, not really. But this set of Project Management rules is valuable guidance to all of us. So, take a look at my 12 rules for Project Management and let me know yours, in the comments below. We...
Curated Video
Mystery of the Beagle 2: Investigating the Failed Mars Mission
The Beagle 2 Explorer, a mission to Mars launched in 2003, mysteriously vanished after separating from the Mars Express spacecraft. A six-month inquiry report suggests that a failure likely occurred during descent or landing, but no...
Curated Video
Talk is cheap... or is it?
Talk is cheap' they say. But what matters is the thinking behind it and the deeds that follow it. In this short opinion-video I argue for the value of careful consideration. Talk may be cheap. But, as my father said: 'Cheap is Dear'.
Curated Video
Fail Fast: How to Learn from Failure
To become an exceptional Project Manager, you need to learn how to learn from failure. Many years ago, I can upon a helpful phrase: There's no such thing as failure: there's only feedback Suppressing my desire to shout 'of course there's...
Curated Video
It'll Never Fly: Beat Confirmation Bias
It'll Never Fly' How often have you heard words like that at the start of your project? Or maybe you've heard yourself saying them. If so, you're in danger of 'Confirmation Bias'. If you've ever said 'it'll never fly', you're in good...
Curated Video
Committing to Be a Professional Project Manager
At what point do you become a Professional Project Manager? I started wondering this in a meeting with a client. We were talking about different people in their organization. Let's start with an easier question... Professionalism is easy...
Curated Video
Failure and Blame: Learn to Avoid Project Failure
Project Failure is one of the favorite topics for project managers. From pub conversations to the outrageously-priced Standish Report, we love to discuss and read about failed projects. We think that, by learning about them, we can avoid...
Curated Video
What is a Pre-mortem? ...and how do you run one?
In this video, I answer the questions, what is a Pre-mortem and how do you run one? A Pre-mortem is a technique devised by Gary Klein, which he documents in his excellent book, The Power of Intuition: https://geni.us/2mYQYLK It is a way...
Curated Video
Project Turnaround: 5 Steps to Turn around a Failing Project
No one wants a failing project on their hands. But it happens. And the solution is a ‘Project Turnaround’. So, I will walk you through the five project turnaround steps to rescue a failing project. The five project turnaround steps we’ll...
Curated Video
What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis - FMEA? PM in Under 5
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (or FMEA) is a powerful methodology that comes from the domain of manufacturing and the toolset of Six Sigma. But it is also a valuable addition to any Project Manager's toolset. So, what is Failure Mode...
Curated Video
Stakeholder Engagement Tips: 5 Tips For Project Managers
Stakeholders - and good stakeholder engagement - are the key to a successful project. So, in this video, we have 5 stakeholder engagement tips for you. These tips are inspired by our Kindle-exclusive eBook, 'Stakeholder Engagement:...