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Why tech needs the humanities

Eric Berridge · TED

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If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires -- and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@IBM
Speaker
Eric Berridge
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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