# Why tech needs the humanities

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_berridge_why_tech_needs_the_humanities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Why tech needs the humanities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eric_berridge_why_tech_needs_the_humanities/33c5fc75f509), 11 min (TED's player)