PopTech: Power of Teams
Humans are wired to work together, face-to-face, to pick-up social cues and body language. These social exchanges lead to team cohesion that enhances trust, compassion and empathy. In distributed work […]
PopTech: Tool-Making
Jer Thorp explores the importance of democratizing tool-making and the creation of bespoke tools for specialized tasks.
PopTech: Raspberry Pi
Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, shows how he is hooking a new generation of kids on computer programming. “I remember sitting down with my wife for dinner…and […]
PopTech: Messy Creative Mind
Scott Barry Kaufman, Scientific Director, Imagination Institute, shares research findings of the habits and practices of creative people. When given the space to allow our minds to wander and daydream, […]
PopTech: Art Evolution
Breakthrough artist Shantell Martin invites viewers on a tour of her unique, flowing, ever-evolving style, expressed lately through just a simple black pen. “I don’t know where the pen is […]
PopTech: John Legend
Accompanied only by his piano, Grammy award-winning recording artist and philanthropist John Legend performs the soulful “Wake Up” and “Shine” from his album, Wake Up, including a song that appears […]
PopTech: Tax Incentives
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve shares some data that suggest some interesting ways to incentivize people to pay their taxes. “If we can make the tax form slightly less frustrating and perhaps […]
PopTech: Promoting Creativity
Adam Day, Strategic Workplace Design at Nike and Christine Congdon, Director and Editor of the 360 Magazine at Steelcase, discuss the tensions of creative work and implications for design of […]
PopTech: Lasting Impact
Kevin Starr, Mulago Foundation director, looks for the best solutions to the biggest problems in the poorest countries. Too many bad ideas are using up our limited resources and that […]
Reimagining University
What will the university of the future look like? How will technology change the face of education? Fred Swaniker, Founder of African Leadership Academy, argues that in Africa, limitations such […]