Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.

– Charlie Mingus

Selected from Pixteller

11:40 Why don’t we get the best out of people? Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. “We are educating people out of their creativity.” Animated infographics illuminate the talk by this world-renowned education and creativity expert.

04:07 This video blends a superb talk by Steven Johnson on creativity, incubation, and innovation as the source of good ideas with well-conceived information graphics.

20:14 An entertaining, provocative talk. Godin discusses some poorly designed gadgets and goods – exploring the reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.

18:56 Csikszentmihalyi is best known for his pioneering work in understanding happiness, creativity, human fulfillment, and flow – all of which he weaves into this TED talk on what makes a life worth living. Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of ‘flow’ – his word for heightened focus and immersion.

19:29 In this funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat Pray Love, muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses – and shares the radical idea that instead of the rare person ‘being’ a genius all of us ‘have’  genius.