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Do you really know what the Finance Department does in Ashoka?

This video provides a good approach to the understanding of some aspect of our day-to-day work. And it doesn’t mean that we are not so creative or not so innovative, this means that we see things quite different. And it’s great!

(images from Ursus Wehrli’s book Tidying Up Art)

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    • #Ursus Wehrli
    • #creativity
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    • #inspiration
    • #tiding up
    • #art
  • 1 year ago
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Recommended Ted Talk - Rob Reid on: “Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.”

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TED is now adding “Lessons worth Sharing” to it’s portfolio of great content. The channel is designed for students and teachers:

“TED-Ed’s mission is to capture and amplify the voices of great educators around the world. We do this by pairing extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of curiosity-igniting videos. You can nominate a teacher, nominate an animator or suggest a lesson here: http://education.ted.com”

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Introverts and empathy

Powerful Ted Talk by Susan Cain that made team member Hanae think about the connection to our goal to #StartEmpathy.

Susan Cain: “introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.” What do you think?

Source: ted.com

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