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Great TED Talks: Innovation: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers
Become more innovative by applying the ideas of 100 prominent TED Conference speakers to your own life.
Great TED Talks: Innovation features words of wisdom from 100 speakers and condenses their ideas into accessible advice for becoming more innovative in how you approach and organize your life. Since 2006, online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience. Besides subjects like technology, entertainment, and design, TED Talks also focus on cultural, social, and political issues. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.
Great TED Talks: Innovation features words of wisdom from 100 speakers and condenses their ideas into accessible advice for becoming more innovative in how you approach and organize your life. Since 2006, online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience. Besides subjects like technology, entertainment, and design, TED Talks also focus on cultural, social, and political issues. Included in each section are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety.
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192 pages, Paperback
First published May 5, 2020
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About the author
Neil C. Hughes
1 book1 followerNeil C. Hughes is a tech columnist, published author, ghostwriter, and host of the daily show, The Tech Talks Daily Podcast.
In 2015, Neil was named one of the "Top 9 Influential Tech Leaders on LinkedIn" by CIO Magazine. ZDNet included him on their list of "You need to follow these 20 big tech thinkers right now, and he also won the prestigious "LinkedIn Top Voice Award" for his written work about technology.
Here in 2020, Neil has recorded over 1,100 interviews with an eclectic mix of guests. Tech giants such as Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, Adobe, SAP, and IBM have all shared how technology is transforming businesses and reshaping industries.
Neil has also interviewed TV talk show host Wendy Williams, Star Trek's William Shatner, Gary Vaynerchuk and Guy Kawasaki about how they are using technology to transform their business too.
In 2015, Neil was named one of the "Top 9 Influential Tech Leaders on LinkedIn" by CIO Magazine. ZDNet included him on their list of "You need to follow these 20 big tech thinkers right now, and he also won the prestigious "LinkedIn Top Voice Award" for his written work about technology.
Here in 2020, Neil has recorded over 1,100 interviews with an eclectic mix of guests. Tech giants such as Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, Adobe, SAP, and IBM have all shared how technology is transforming businesses and reshaping industries.
Neil has also interviewed TV talk show host Wendy Williams, Star Trek's William Shatner, Gary Vaynerchuk and Guy Kawasaki about how they are using technology to transform their business too.
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September 23, 2025
Great TED Talks remind us that innovation is less about flashes of genius and more about persistence, empathy, and courage. It’s about daring to reimagine what’s possible and inspiring others to join in shaping that future.
May 16, 2020
This is a fun book. Plain and simple.
Who doesn't love listening to a great TED talk?
With millions of views every year people around the world enjoy watching or listening to TED Talks. The talks are engaging and thought provoking. We learn something or get an interesting insight.
But which talks are worth spending your time watching? Could you have missed an interesting point? What if you don’t have time to watch so many and analyze them for lessons?
In Great TED Talks: Innovation Tech Talks Daily podcast Neil C. Hughes has collected and organized the wisdom of 100 innovation related TED Talks into 10 categories. Best of all, he highlighted the lessons of each talk in 1 or 2 easy to read pages!
While most of watch TED talks casually, Neil has taken the extra step of watching them with intention and distilling the important points of each one. Even if you have watched the same TED talks in this book it still serves as an excellent reference and you may see a point or two you missed.
Beside having a copy for yourself, this is the type of book that makes a nice gift as well.
Who doesn't love listening to a great TED talk?
With millions of views every year people around the world enjoy watching or listening to TED Talks. The talks are engaging and thought provoking. We learn something or get an interesting insight.
But which talks are worth spending your time watching? Could you have missed an interesting point? What if you don’t have time to watch so many and analyze them for lessons?
In Great TED Talks: Innovation Tech Talks Daily podcast Neil C. Hughes has collected and organized the wisdom of 100 innovation related TED Talks into 10 categories. Best of all, he highlighted the lessons of each talk in 1 or 2 easy to read pages!
While most of watch TED talks casually, Neil has taken the extra step of watching them with intention and distilling the important points of each one. Even if you have watched the same TED talks in this book it still serves as an excellent reference and you may see a point or two you missed.
Beside having a copy for yourself, this is the type of book that makes a nice gift as well.
November 14, 2021
Great resource. Will definitely be using this in class.
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