Three TED talks about productivity

Tim Ferriss’ (author of the 4-Hour Workweek) fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question — “What’s the worst that could happen?” — is all you need to learn to do anything.

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn’t a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.

Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the “marshmallow problem” — a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average?